Outside the Beltway

President Obama is set to announce that all American troops will be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of the year.

Professional baseball players are wearing magical necklaces whose “titanium nanoparticles” supposedly “help the body’s own energy flow more readily.”

Barack Obama uses a teleprompter. This is not a big deal.

Gaddafi is dead, but it was still wrong for the United States to get involved in Libya.

The post-Gaddafi era has been made permanent. What comes next?

In Louisiana, that cash in your pocket is now worthless if you want to buy used goods.

Jerome Harrison learned that he has a brain tumor in time to save his life.

Spencer Ackermann previews “The Post-Gadhafi Journalism You Will Read In The Next 72 Hours.”

Dwayne Kennedy will spend 5 more years in prison for using a cell phone to call his family to tell them he’d been paroled.

Herman Cain’s comments about abortion could pose a problem for him with social conservatives.

Cain (like a lot of people) is confused about what the words “conservative” and “liberal” mean.

The BBC is reporting that rebels claim to have captured the ousted leader of Libya.

There’s no consensus for European-style social democracy or a Randian libertarian paradise.

Google+ was supposed to be a Facebook killer. If their social media icons are any indication, it’s not happening.

Have Republicans been co-opted by the Big Government they claim to hate?

It was a Las Vegas slugfest last night, but once again Mitt Romney walked away unscathed.

Is it time to just admit that the good old days are over?

Does “Occupy Wall Street” really represent the people they claim to be speaking for?

A cute protest sign based on a blog quip has created a minor internet sensation.

Pondering Tea Party comparisons as well as the “does it matter?” question.

Everyone’s talking about jobs again. And it’s not a pretty picture.

Rick Perry has gotten the most and best coverage thus far in the campaign. President Obama has gotten mostly negative coverage.

In Scotland, posting stupid things on Facebook is a “hate crime” punishable by serious jail time.

Rick Santorum says Saturday Night Live is bullying” him  for “standing up for the traditional family.”

The Sopwith Camel Buffalo Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Legal guidelines for protestors.