Outside the Beltway

Even before the Russian curve ball, the public opposition to military strikes on Syria was mounting.

Opposing interventionism and unnecessary and unwise military engagements is not isolationism.

President Obama is trying to launch a war but there’s a lot of competition for attention.

Given that the vote count seems to be heading that way, this is a question worth examination.

Not surprisingly, Congressional leaders on both sides of the aisle are lining up behind the President in the debate over Syria.

Managers want their employees to get off email and pick up the phone.

Once, against Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it clear she isn’t going anywhere.

Some thoughts on reform.

In both Egypt and Syria, it’s damned if we do and damned if we don’t.

Bradley Manning’s announcement that she wishes to begin living life as a woman poses some interesting legal questions.

Author Elmore Leonard has died at the age of 87.

Andrew Bacevich argues, persuasively, that “absence of leverage does not preclude options” with respect to Egypt.

A Federal Judge has declared the NYPD’s “stop & frisk” policy to be unconstitutional.

For a guy who just bought a newspaper, Jeff Bezos wasn’t too optimistic about their future less than a year ago.

One of the nation’s papers of record is changing owners for the first time in 80 years.

Alex Rodriguez and 12 other Major League Baseball players were suspended today for PED use. Rodriguez is the only one vowing to fight the suspension.

A business move that signals the continuing death of the newspaper industry.

The DMV experience sucks just as much if you’re Tim Geithner.

Another legal setback for Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s crusade to regulate what New York City residents can eat and drink.

Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge against him, but is still likely to spend most of his life in prison.

Gay bars around the world are banning Russian vodka to protest the lack of gay rights in that country.

The US backed Egyptian government is massacring supporters of the ousted democratically elected government.

ABC News selectively edited their interview with Juror B29 to give a false impression of what she said.

Chris Christie waded into the debate going on in the GOP over foreign policy. His comments were less than helpful to say the least.

Conservatives are doing what they criticized JournoList for doing—even though JournoList didn’t.

We’ve still got a long way to go.

A major ruling on recognition of same-sex marriages out of Ohio.

To maintain growth China needs to consider its priorities.