Outside the Beltway

Cynthia Tucker regrets her support for majority-minority districts.

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.

Ohio State researchers: ARRA created/saved approximately 450 thousand state and local government jobs and destroyed/forestalled roughly one million private sector jobs.

The state of Arizona is seeking donations for construction of the border fence.

Terry Jones may sue the City of Dearborn for its prior restraint actions against him. And he should.

Obama is visiting Brazil and Chile while American fighting men join the coalition against Libya.

Mike Huckabee channels Dan Quayle when he decides to comment on the pregnancy of Oscar winner Natalie Portman.

Wouldn’t we be better off offering besieged rules exile in relative comfort in exchange for graceful exits?

We can’t rely on private companies, the stock market, or the taxpayers to maintain our lifestyle in our golden years.

Global poverty has plummeted in recent years.

The ongoing saga of piracy off the coast of Somali is about to get Americans’ attention again, as a yacht containing four U.S. citizens has been hijacked.

The Gaddafi regime is facing its most serious challenge in its 41 year history.

Knowing his downfall was imminent, the former Egyptian dictator moved vast wealth out of rich of Western governments.

President Obama is telling business they have a social responsibility to invest in America. He’s wrong.

How rich is the United States? Our poor are richer than the richest in India.

Brief takes on foreign affairs

Wondering why CATO doesn’t rail against big business is like demanding to know why NARAL doesn’t spend more time advocating for the plight of stray cats or why PETA doesn’t seem to care about the homeless.

Is there a legalization argument building?

208 years ago today, Thomas Jefferson wrote a letter to The Danbury Baptist Association that has resonated through the years.

What is the proper conservative response to Santa Claus?

Why not just give poor people money rather than start up big charities?

In her new book, Sarah Palin puts forward a view of the role of religion in politics that is in direct contrast with America’s own traditions.

The US has always outspent our G7 brethren on healthcare but the divergence has skyrocketed over the last three decades.

Hamid Karazi says that the United States needs to reduce it’s military presence in his country. Perhaps we should listen to him.

While Social Security has radically lowered the elderly poverty rate, it hasn’t eliminated it. Should we do more?

The Onion spoofs life at a think tank with Boy, I Really Thought Like Shit Today.”

Charles Murray argues that the Tea Party is right to complain about out-of-touch elites.

Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo has won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. He probably doesn’t know it, though, because he’s currently sitting in a Chinese prison.

It’s worth reminding ourselves, in a country where so many are trying to figure out the best way to keep excess fat off our bodies, how recently abject poverty was widespread here

Western athletes who’ve complained about the conditions at the Commonwealth Games are coming in for a firestorm of criticism.

Among the unintended but not unforeseen consequences of the new health care law is that companies who were previously offering some health coverage may stop altogether. In some cases, that’s just as well.

A third of the Forbes 50 were born billionaires. Does that mean the game is fixed?

Apparently, riding in a gilded carriage with footmen does not preclude one from seeking welfare funds in the United Kingdom.

One Republican analyst thinks that President Obama could learn a few leadership lessons from Vito and Michael Corleone. In order to do that, though, the President would need to stop acting like the weakest of the Corleone brothers.

David Brooks blames our economic woes on a change from a culture that valued productive work to one of gentility. And Bill Cosby.

Should anyone care that Chelsea Clinton’s wedding was ridiculously lavish?

Jim Webb argues that we should stop measuring diversity by race alone.

Before we raise taxes on the rich, let’s first stop the flood of tax money that’s subsidizing their lifestyle.

Senator Robert Byrd has died at 92, after years of poor health.