Outside the Beltway

Where’s the line when a public figure interacts with a teenage fan?

A quick glance provides some insights into Palin’s thought processes and leadership style.

The American public is increasingly skeptical of foreign adventurism. Why aren’t our political candidates reflecting that?

Actor Alec Baldwin may run for mayor of New York.

Anthony Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, is several weeks pregnant and desperately trying to salvage their marriage and his career.

In a decision released yesterday. the New Jersey Supreme Court clarified the journalist/blogger distinction somewhat.

Never popular with his colleagues, Anthony Weiner may now be the least liked Member.

So, Anthony Weiner is a lying dick. Does it matter?

After a week of denial, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted today that he had engaged in online relationships with several women.

So, I walk by the office television set and the above picture of a shirtless man, allegedly New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, filled the screen.

It’s just about time to schedule the piteous press conference.

Broadway actors are aiming a familiar lament at Hollywood stars: They’re taking our jobs!

David Blight recounts the story of the first Memorial Day.

It’s hard to get paid for work others will do for nothing.

Gil Scott-Heron, most famous “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died at 62.

A majority of Americans think homosexuals account for at least a fifth of the population.

Actor Jeff Conaway, best known for his role of Bobby Wheeler on “Taxi,” is dead after a drug overdose.

Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani tops the latest CNN poll of Republican presidential contenders.

A profile of George Mason economist and blogger Tyler Cowen offers this amusing description: “Cowen, 49, has round features, a hesitant posture, and an unconcerned haircut.”

While President Obama has had some amusing gaffes on his trip to London, including getting the year wrong in the guest book and an awkward toast to the Queen, his speech to Parliament today hit all the right notes.

It’s just one Congressional District out of 435, but that won’t stop everyone from trying to turn the results in NY-26 into a national referendum on Medicare reform.

Voters in New York State may help move the budget debate on Capitol Hill.

You don’t often see a candidate for President tell Iowans that he wants to eliminate ethanol subsidies, but Tim Pawlenty did.

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes has come to regret the direction he took the network after the 2008 election.

President Obama doubled down in his speech before this year’s AIPAC conference. Why he did so only he understands.

We’ve reached a turning point in the debate over same-sex marriage.

A judge granted Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail on Thursday, allowing the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund to be freed from Rikers Island to stay in a Manhattan apartment while his sexual assault case is pending.

Wall Street says raise the debt ceiling. The Tea Party says no. What will the GOP do?

Ben Stein seems to have been out to lunch when he wrote his column about Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Some French politicians and intellectuals seem offended that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being treated like a common criminal.