Outside the Beltway

Politico (Jay Carney got $270K from Time magazine after leaving) has uncovered a major payola scandal. Or is hyping a complete non-story.

Ten days is not a lot of time for constitutional reform.

The Preparation-H Super Bowl Commercial Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

It turns out the Iraq War was indeed based, in part at least, on a lie.

Here are some cooking tips from a master chef.

The success of Christian conservatives in blocking efforts to legalize Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia demonstrates why concentrating solely on national politics is a mistake.

The White House Press Office produces a blog, YouTube channel, Flickr photo stream, Facebook and Twitter profiles, and daily video programming.

Four years after Barack Obama became a Presidential candidate, the birther myth not only persists, it seems to be becoming more prevalent. Why?

We need to remember who actually sets the budget and, further, who is ultimtately responsible for the behavior of politicians.

The 2012 GOP nominee will have to raise $300 million and assemble a top-notch staff.

For many Ph.Ds, the Ed.D. represents the ticket to the administrative high life, the white flag to academic scholarship, and the tramp stamp of the compromising careerist.

The next-generation iPhone 5 is rumored to have a 4 inch screen and even a slide-out keypad.

Michael Medved wishes that conservatives would stop implying that the President of the United States wants to destroy the United States.

Andrew Sullivan is finally fed up with Barack Obama.

Shirley Sherrod’s lawsuit against Andrew Brietbart promises to be an interesting test of the boundaries of defamation law in the political blogosphere.

President Obama’s new budget involves nothing less than a thumb in the eye of anyone who hoped he would seriously address federal spending in his first term.

A new poll finds that Republican policies on immigration are chasing Latino voters straight into the arms of the Democratic Party.

Ezra Klein dubs the Federal government “an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.”

I have banned a couple of serial violators in recent days after various warnings, deletions, and other signals failed to do the trick.

Haley Barbour is making all the moves toward a 2012 Presidential run, but his stand on immigration issues could pose a problem in the Republican primaries.

Polls matching President Obama against potential Republican contenders are entertaining but not informative.

Mob Boss Tommy Shots Gioeli Blogs From Jail

Newt Gingrich is very popular among young conservatives. But two ugly divorces will keep him from being a contender for the presidency.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 could be a Google killer. It could also kill the Web as we know it.