Outside the Beltway

CNN’s effort to bring back a show that had outlived its prime years ago has, predictably, failed.

Today’s sports media more closely resemble Court TV and TMZ than the SportsCenter of yore.

What the West does in response to Russia’s actions in Ukraine is largely up to Europe, not the United States.

Yesterday’s events are likely to be a game changer, but how the game plays out depends largely on how Europe reacts.

More problems for the planned 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

The European far right has found a friend in an unlikely place.

The Outstanding In His Field Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Vladimir Putin wants to put the Internet genie back in the bottle.

Russian invasion or legitimate secessionist movement? And does it matter?

Russian militarism in Ukraine has undone any public relations benefits of the Sochi Olympics.

The Cold War may be over, but the negative opinions in the U.S. regarding Russia and its leadership seem to have continued.

Just when it became safe to keep your shoes and tablets on, a new threat to the friendly skies has emerged: toothpaste.

Vladimir Putin seems to be getting a lot of love from cultural conservatives in the United States.

The U.S. delegation to Russia’s Sochi Olympics will feature no high profile politicians and several openly gay athletes.

Weeks of speculation that Texas would fire Mack Brown and hire Nack Saban were put to an end yesterday evening.

The Pole Dance Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Brat Pack Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Some conservatives don’t seem too troubled by Vladimir Putin’s repression.

Even the national sport is arousing the anger of the protesters in Brazil.

The gambling mogul is self-reporting violations of the law against bribing foreign officials.

Olympic paralympic champion Oscar Pistorius has been arrested after the fatal shooting of his girlfriend.

Less than two weeks after he lost the election, the GOP is acting as if Mitt Romney never existed.

Don’t hate the player, hate the game (more or less, anyway).

There are signs that some Romney supporters have already decided their candidate is going to lose.

Mitt Romney’s foreign policy weaknesses are starting to become apparent.

President Obama didn’t blow the doors off the Time Warner Cable Arena last night, but he didn’t need to.

The Nanoo Nanoo Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Bikini Whacks Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

How dominant were America’s women in the London Olympics? They’d have come in fourth place in the medal count in the US sent separate men’s and women’s teams.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

The recent call by many on the right for Mitt Romney to select Paul Ryan as his running mate is puzzling.