Outside the Beltway

Calvin Broadus is dropping the “Snoop Dog” moniker and rap for “Snoop Lion” and reggae.

What if things don’t ever get better?

Mitt Romney and other top Republicans are not taking part in the latest round of the culture war debate over same-sex marriage, for good reason.

Nick Delpopolo has been banned from the Olympics for testing positive for cannabis, which he claims came from unwittingly eating a marijuana-laced brownie.

Cover Girl model Marlen Esparza was the first American woman to win an Olympic boxing match.

One year ago, the U.S. lost it’s AAA credit rating with S&P. There doesn’t appear to have been any real impact from that decision.

After “seven minutes of terror” the Curiosity rover is already sending back pictures from the surface of Mars.

The new Red Dawn promises to be even sillier than the first.

Breaking: The American press often does a lousy job.

Examining a history that might have been.

The Obama campaign is challenging an Ohio law that gives members of the military three extra days to vote. They have a very persuasive argument.

Doug Saunders makes the counterintuitive claim that things are better for Britons than ever.

The White House and the Pentagon are buildings, not unitary actors.

The United States Congress can still work together to pander before election season.

Once again, we learn that hosting the Olympics doesn’t carry nearly the economic benefit the IOC wants host cities to believe it does.

Whether the reports are actually right—and they usually aren’t—voters are nonetheless going to treat them as if they are.

July’s Jobs Report was better than what we’ve seen the last few months, but it’s still not very good.