Outside the Beltway

Apparently, there was a culture clash at the Grey Lady.

A Federal Judge wasn’t very pleased when Administration lawyers told her that she doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear a lawsuit over the President’s drone policy.

Potential trouble for Virginia’s Republican nominee for Governor.

Forbes wins the day with “Phil Mickelson Wins British Open—And California Taxes It.”

What can an incident at an elite New York party ten years ago tell us about race in America?

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.

Once again, a Federal Court rules that the First Amendment rules does not protect a reporter from being compelled to reveal sources or the results of an investigation.

In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the City of Detroit has filed for Bankruptcy Court protection.

Some thoughts on a decade old video in which Samantha Power speculates on actions to take against an unfolding genocide.

David Bosco wonders, “Why is the United Nations Ambassador in the Cabinet?”

President Obama has appointed a lot of donor’s and supporters to plumb Ambassadorial slots. That’s not at all unusual.

The Senate may be headed for an historic confrontation today if an 11th hour deal isn’t reached.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

The Oval Office Address, once a common tool of the Presidency, has been in declining use of late.

Certain aspects of Egyptian civic life have improved rapidly in the wake of the military coup, raising at least some questions about the events leading up to it.

Harry Reid is supposedly making another run at filibuster reform.

Frustrations with the mercurial leader of Afghanistan may increase the pace of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

The prominent media critic will no longer bother criticizing CNN for not living up to the standards of the profession.

A privacy rights group has filed a Petition with the Supreme Court regarding recent actions by the FISA Court.

Is 2013 the year of second acts in American politics? Eliot Spitzer seems to be the latest disgraced politician to hope that it is.

A decade ago. a certain New York Times columnist was more right than your humble host.

The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.

A case from Nevada provides another example of police abuse, and a possible claim arising under the long-forgotten Third Amendment.

June’s Jobs Report was healthy, but the economy still needs to do better.

The GOP is going to have to come up with a lot more than just age if they end up facing off against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

The blowback from yesterday’s revelations about U.S. surveillance on European allies continues.

The latest NSA leaks are likely to prove to be diplomatically embarrassing.

Doesn’t pass the smell test.

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill today, but it’s not going to go anywhere.

The 5-4 ruling was much more sweeping than needed to strike down DOMA.

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

Thanks to archaic state laws, you can look at cars in a Tesla showroom, but in my states you can’t but anything there.

To a large degree, the right seems to have backed down in the marriage wars.

Does David Gregory consider Glenn Greenwald to be a reporter deserving of protection, or “just a blogger” who may be a potential criminal?

The broadcast networks want to operate under the same FCC guidelines as the cable networks. And they should.

Just when you thought the sequestration process couldn’t get more cynical.