Outside the Beltway

Either a bunch of bloggers or one of the world’s smartest economists doesn’t understand economics.

How did we survive without all the molly-codding kids today get?

Is Chris Christie reconsidering his previous statements about not running for President? More importantly, why are so many Republicans still dissatisfied with the field?

Political journalists are asking clumsy, ignorant, and intolerant questions. Film at 11.

Rick Perry has walked back his support for mandatory HPV vaccination but the broader issue still remains.

Rick Perry will need to get past Michele Bachmann before he takes on Mitt Romney. But, really, how hard could it be?

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

So, you want a career in foreign policy field and are weighing your options….

We are being warned once again that the Postal Service is on the verge of financial collapse. There really is only one solution.

I got your broken right here: the presidential nomination process.

The Air Force has suspended a course that teaches nuclear officers that Christian ethics permit them to do their job.

An amusing claim–but probably not true.

News that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs has opened a big can of schadenfreude.

A legendary American soldier, General John Shalikashvili, has died.

The death toll in Norway’s deadliest day of terrorism is up to 91. The man behind it, 32-year-old Anders Behring Breivik, is a frequent poster of anti-Muslim screeds on Christian fundamentalist websites.

A bomb blast in Oslo’s government center has killed at least two people and a presumably related shooting spree at a nearby children’s camp are being investigated as terrorist related.

Reports of the death of the space program are greatly exaggerated.

Is NATO prepared for what happens when they win?

Rupert Murdoch was attacked by a man with shaving cream 2 hours into Parliamentary testimony.

Real news reporting has never paid for itself. But the days of it being subsidized by the local car dealer are rapidly ending.

The biggest news story of the past six weeks was something completely trivial.

I have been only peripherally aware of the trial–and then only in the way that I’m aware of Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and reality TV.

What exactly is the GOP trying to accomplish in the debt ceiling negotiations?

Just how significant is Sarah Palin in the grand scheme of things?

The normally loquacious Chávez has been almost silent since emergency surgery in Cuba on June 10th.

As of June 17, Sarah Palin is a registered US trademark, serial number 85-170,226.

Louisiana’s Bobby Jindal sent a warning to his fellow Republicans. Too bad they probably won’t listen.

Mitt Romney told a group of unemployed Florida voters that he was unemployed, too! It’s being touted as a gaffe on Twitter but appears to be a joke.

Our long national nightmare is nearly over.

Will last night’s debate have any influence on the potential candidates who weren’t there?

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.

Texas A&M professor finds serious flaws in college faculty productivity study.