Outside the Beltway

Gingrich is beyond toast.

US News editor-in-chief Mort Zuckerman explains “Why the Jobs Situation Is Worse Than It Looks.”

Paul Krugman thinks liberals understand conservatives but not vice versa. He’s half right.

For the second time in two weeks, copyright lawsuit mill Righthaven has suffered a loss in Federal Court.

President Obama is expected to announce the withdrawal of the 30,000 Surge troops.

When everyone can record video at any time and post it to for all the world to see, is there such a thing as privacy anymore?

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

Former United Nations Ambassador John Bolton: “I will say this, unequivocally: I would not work in Barack Obama’s administration.”

The OPA! Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

For the first time since the end of World War II, the GOP is wrestling with two diametrically opposed visions of foreign affairs.

Daily Show host Jon Stewart spent 15 minutes on yesterday’s Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace trying to explain why he thinks Fox is a propaganda machine.

Is it reasonable to state that countries with less guns are more likely to become tyrannical than countries with more guns?

An important employment law decision today from the Supreme Court.

Contrary to what Senator McCain, seeking realism in military policy does not make one an isolationist.

C. Boyden Gray, former White House Counsel and EU Ambassador, has signed on as the chair of the Jon Huntsman policy team, Mark Halperin reports.

NBC stoked a minor furor among the perpetually victimized by using the original version of the Pledge of Allegiance.

States are racing to put obstacles in front of voters in the name of fraud prevention.

Time for the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

The Internet’s dot.com period may be under assault, as brand-specific domains become available.

Wearing a wire can come back to bite you.

The vast majority of the seats in the Virginia legislature will not even be contested this November.

Mitt Romney sought to clarify his pro-life bona fides yesterday. But, will it matter?

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

Trevor Phillips, chairman of the UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission, says fundamentalist Christians are a far bigger problem than Muslims. And, no, he’s not anti-religion.

I’ve been arguing for years that what the Republican Party needs is to embrace its crazies and play more to racist elements in its base. It looks like someone’s listening.

Mitt won’t sign the Susan B. Anthony List’s Pro-Life Pledge.