Outside the Beltway

The protests in Bahrain have taken a different path than those in Egypt.

You don’t have to be Admiral Akbar to suspect that the President’s refusal to deal with entitlements in his budget proposal is a trap for the GOP.

Tweeting feels like IM’ing but it’s more like blogging.

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

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

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

Jon Huntsman is running for president. Who the hell is Jon Huntsman, you say?

Thirty years after the hostages were freed from captivity in Iran, the United States still hasn’t figured out how to deal with the Islamic Republic.

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 newest WaPo/ABC News poll numbers.

The first poll assessing the political impact of last week’s events is out, and it has good news for President Obama, and bad news for Sarah Palin.

The current approach of the GOP to health care is not dissimilar to its approach to fiscal policy: not a lot of substance.

Yet more ridiculous political commentary arising out of the tragic shootings in Arizona.

Jared Loughner could have possibly been stopped, and treated, if someone had said something.

A tragedy this afternoon in Tuscon

Why is the press gushing over routine movement in White House team?

Some people in the D.C. area are worried that the Federal spending gravy train may be coming to an end. They should be.

The usage of the recess appointment process is just another example of the need for institutional reform in the Senate.

The seemingly sensible end-of-life counseling that was originally part of the Health Care Reform Bill is making a comeback.

The 20th Amendment was supposed to eliminate lame duck sessions, but it didn’t.

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?

A new poll shows that the American public is discontented, nervous about the economy, not entirely sure they can trust the new GOP majority in Congress, and has no idea what it wants from Washington. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

One of the most active American diplomats of the past twenty-five years has passed away.

Inspired by the reaction to the Julian Assange case, a feminist writer proposes dangerous changes to American rape laws.

Krauthammer thinks Obama tricked the GOP into agreeing to Stimulus II.

Even though it will likely be unsuccessful, a primary challenge against President Obama could end up harming him enough to hand Republicans the White House in 2012.

Michael Wilbon departs the Washington Post after more than 30 years to work full time at ESPN. Here are his last — and first — columns.

President Obama is already taking heat from the left for his compromise on tax cut extensions, but will it actually hurt him in the end?

The editors of the Washington Post want you to know that “Fair Game,” the new movie about the Valerie Plame affair, is “Hollywood myth making.” Propaganda and lies is more like it.

Why would anyone buy Johnnie Walker Blue, when amazing single malts can be had for less?

The Feds famously got notorious mobster Al Capone on tax evasion charges. Will WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange be done in by sex crimes?