Outside the Beltway

So, this happened.

The anti-vaccination movement has earned a dubious achievement, the return of a disease that was effectively eradicated 15 years ago.

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney’s choices in home decor raise an interesting question.

Jeremiah Denton, a Vietnam War hero and one-term US Senator from Alabama, has died. He was 89.

The bizarre conservative love affair with Vladimir Putin continues.

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

Some perspective from Sochi.

Why do we persist in going to war?

If you’re still not convinced that we lost the war in Iraq, this should settle the argument.

The New York Times Benghazi report raises as many questions as it purports to answer.

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.

The Obama-Castro handshake at Mandela’s funeral has caused a bit of an uproar.

Hey Uncle, you’re fired.

China sends a message, and the U.S. responds. What happens next is anyone’s guess.

Guess what’s coming to the dinner table.

:Like his predecessors, President Obama’s speech last night exaggerated the threat that Syria poses in order to sell his plan to American voters.

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

So what, exactly, is going on in North Korea? And how should we respond to Kim’s bluster?

The government of Malaysia paid a lot of money to get some blogs placed at various outlets.

Monday, The Atlantic published and took down a sponsored article from the church of Scientology. Yesterday, it admitted it had “screwed up.”

Killing their leaders doesn’t seem to be impacting the ability of jihadi groups to recruit and motivate more terrorists.

Arab news giant Al-Jazeera is buying Al Gore’s failing Current TV network, hoping to get a bigger presence in the US cable market.

Today, there are many millions of Americans who can tell one Kardashian sister from another, but have no idea that Barack Obama has compiled the worst presidential record since Jimmy Carter.

Wherein I get a bit petty (but to make a point and, maybe just because it amuses me).

I was struck by the degree to which WhiteHouse.gov looks like an Obama campaign site.

Dean Chambers of UnSkewed fame, puts the polling debate into sharp perspective.

Let’s take a trip back in time to see what some conservatives thought 2012 would look like if Barack Obama were elected President.

Republicans think they found the smoking gun of the 2012 election. They’re kidding themselves.

A day of protests over a film nobody has ever heard of has lead to the death of the U.S. Ambassador to Libya.

The 9/11 attacks and our response to them changed America, and not for the better.

Challenge the ideas of those with whom you disagree, not their patriotism, decency, or integrity.