Outside the Beltway

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?

Sarah Palin has taken to her Facebook page to raise “Serious Questions about the Obama Administration’s Incompetence in the WikiLeaks Fiasco.” They’re more interesting than I’d expected.

Tom DeLay is a sleazebag and has been found guilty by an Austin jury for skirting the law. But it may in fact be a miscarriage of justice despite the victim being as unsympathetic as it gets.

There is a simple mathematical equation that explains why deficit reduction is so difficult.

President Obama is likely join the ranks of the unemployed come noon on January 20, 2013 if a Fed forecast is right.

Despite the recent media outrage over TSA search procedures, public attitudes on the subject remain largely supportive.