Outside the Beltway

They’re from the government, and they’re here to take that tasty snack out of your hands.

A new Wikileaks revelation indicates that the U.S. may have paid a heavy price to get a deal on New START.

Some in Washington are claiming the intelligence community missed the warning signs of unrest in Tunisia and Egypt in what looks like little more than an effort to create scapegoats if things go wrong.

Kenneth Cole used a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Cairo protests to promote its new spring collection.

Egypt entered a second day of chaos with all signs pointing to things getting worse before they get better.

Al Jazeera English is kicking the butts of the American news networks on the Egypt story. Why?

The events in Egypt have led some to ask if the mere act of cutting off access to the Internet is, in itself, an human rights violation.

The Obama administration’s slow and cautious response to Egypt’s protest was frustrating. And correct.

Some thoughts on why certain topics get blogged.

The same people who were complaining a week ago that the media was obsessed with Sarah Paln are now complaining that a media figure has suggested she doesn’t deserve the coverage she gets.

Didn’t we just talk about this?

The American media and Sarah Palin have developed an odd symbiotic relationship, and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

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.

Graphic by Sarah Palin’s PAC had Gabriel Giffords’ district in the crosshairs

I don’t like it when things my allies say are misquoted and attacked; it’s no better when my allies do it.

Cory Booker, Michael Bloomberg, and Chris Christie have been in the news this week due to the political fallout over their handling of the East Coast blizzard.

A Christmas tree tweets.

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

Younger users are moving away from email as a way to communicate with others, and toward more instant forms of communication like text messaging and Twitter.

The Congress has passed a repeal of DADT.

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

Is “ObamaCare” a slur or a breezy and descriptive nickname?

Politics makes for strange bedfellows and, when it comes to the debate over the extension of the Bush tax cuts, anti-tax Republicans are making common cause with soak-the-rich progressives.