Outside the Beltway

Andrew Sullivan is back from vacation and back obsessing over the birth of a two-year old kid in Alaska.

Sarah Palin tweeted, and took the wrong side in a story that doesn’t even deserve to be a controversy.

Biden got hammered by the FEC for violating campaign finance rules. A big fining deal?

Is Google manipulating its search results to keep competitors down? And does its market dominance mean the government should step in?

The Washington DC area has the nation’s highest incomes.

The Iroquois lacrosse team has been caught in a classic Catch-22. The U.S. government won’t recognize their passports and they won’t use U.S. passports as a matter of principle.

Journalists have been following Maxwell Scott’s advice since long before “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” was made.

A new poll shows that Americans have some odd ideas about the Constitution, and how to change it.

Did LeBron James pick Miami because of income taxes ? Probably not.

Those with million dollar plus mortgages are defaulting at almost twice the rate on those smaller loans. Are the rich more ruthless?

Muhammed may be in a bear suit, but he still got an Emmy nomination.

What exactly is it about air conditioning that has some people so upset ?

Parenting is hard work and kids are a giant pain. Is it worth it?

Two widely-hyped reports have Wall Street firms donating less money to Democrats as payback for financial reform efforts. But a closer look reveals no such thing.

South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham sees the beginning of the end of the Tea Parties, and he’s probably right.

Did the American media cover up torture by the Bush Administration?

Michael Gerson argues that the source of our polarization isn’t the Democrats and the Republicans but the Ugly Party and the Grown-Up Party.

Africans are rallying around the Ghanaian World Cup team, putting aside stark differences. Should we be surprised?

If you know where the JournoList archive is, Andrew Breitbart has got some cash for you.

Ten Russian agents posing as Americans and living in the suburbs of DC, New York, and Boston for a decade to glean valuable intelligence have been arrested by the FBI.

Miss yesterday’s opening round of the Kagan hearings ? You didn’t miss much.

“It’s illogical to hunt a species to extinction.” – Spock

Contrary to popular belief, Adolf Hitler didn’t come to power by democratic means or because of his ability to whip the public into a frenzy.

How effective is Kevin Costner’s oil separator? It depends who you ask.

An article attempting to illustrate the obsolescence of newspapers inadvertently does the opposite.

Enron’s Jeffrey Skilling and media mogul Conrad Black got new life today from the Supreme Court, who ruled the use of the “honest services” doctrine against them unconstitutionally vague.

Client No. 9 will be appearing every weeknight at 8pm Eastern.

Law schools are artificially raising student grades, sometimes retroactively, to make them more competitive on the job market.

Do we care about lithium reserves in Afghanistan?

The White House and Rahm Emanuel were quick to deny the reports that he has a plan to leave the White House.