Outside the Beltway

The tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Arizona has started another debate about political rhetoric. It’s a stupid debate, and it’s utterly pointless.

Palin’s infamous “target” poster recycles a theme used by both parties over the years.

Just over 100 years after his death, Mark Twain’s two greatest novels are once again the subject of controversy.

Andrew Sullivan makes a rather bizarre charge offhandedly: “Who among the neocons would have thought that one of George W. Bush’s final legacies would be bringing pogroms, bombings and genocide to Christians in his new zone of freedom?”

Constitutional interpretation is easy, right?

Constitutional ambiguity is as old as, well, it’s as old as the Constitution itself

Mitt Romney’s poll numbers in Florida have shrunk. Perhaps he needs to be on cable TV a bit more often.

Is Jon Stewart the next Edward R. Murrow? No.

The new year will bring major changes to the White House Staff.

Contrary to current conservative talking points, Net Neutrality is not a nefarious government scheme to takeover the Internet, but is aimed to address a real problem. Like most ideas that involve the government, though, it doesn’t really address the real source of the problem; not enough freedom

Sarah Palin’s reality show as as popular as the critically acclaimed drama everyone’s talking about. And that’s just half the story.

Unless you paid close attention, you probably missed most of the coverage of the war in Afghanistan in 2010.

As the internet becomes more ingrained in our lives, it’s become a tool for parenting. And a break from it.

Fed examiners made a bank take down a “Merry Christmas, God With Us” sign. Then the “system” kicked in.

Castro banned “Sicko” for fear that ordinary Cubans would be up in arms seeing facilities that are not available to the vast majority of them.

According to two new polls, Sarah Palin has absolutely no chance of beating Barack Obama in 2012. So, why does it look like she’s going to run anyway?

Humorist David Sedaris says that he can get $500 a night in his tip jar “for candy” but the same people would probably give a beggar outside 75 cents.

The Senate has constructed the legislation to correspond to the Obama-McConnell deal, sweeteners and all.

While the University of Oregon’s athletic programs are flourishing in a seas of green, its academic programs are woefully underfunded.

Viacom says a lower court ruling in favor of Google “would radically transform the functioning of the copyright system and severely impair, if not completely destroy, the value of many copyrighted creations.”

Meghan McCain doesn’t know what a “blue blood” is but doesn’t want to be called one.

Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is speaking positively about an Amendment that would drastically alter the relationship between the Federal Government and the states, and a method of ratifying it that could do serious damage to the Constitution as a whole.

Roughly 150 years ago, the CSA was born. Is this something worthy of celebration?

Another FBI sting operation results in the arrest of a “terrorist,” or did it create a crime where none existed before?

“Ugly Betty” actor Michael Brea killed his mother with a samurai sword while screaming Bible passages.

Airline food sucks. Mostly, it’s the food. But it’s also the altitute.

Tensions are on the rise again on the Korean Peninsula after North Korea shelled a South Korean island.

The Denver Post’s Craig Walker has captured this image of a TSA agent performing an “enhanced pat down.”

The Washington Independent goes dark in December, failing to find profitability in three years.

Yet another sign that the GOP’s biggest nightmare may actually end up coming true.

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?