Outside the Beltway

A outline of a deal both sides could live with.

Charlie Crist, run out of the Republican Party, is now a Democrat.

Blake Hounshell finds the footnotes in Andy Carvin’s latest book somewhat amusing:

The issue of same-sex marriage will be before the Supreme Court early next year.

Somebody drove a car into a McDonald’s in DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, prompting Ryan Lizza to quip, “This time Michelle Obama’s gone too far.”

The Air Force has a leadership crisis.

Why the bureaucratic tyrants at the FDA regulate your yuletide drinks.

The truth behind today’s unemployment numbers.

The Flip The Bird Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Kobe Bryant is one of only five NBA players to score 30,000 points and the youngest to achieve the milestone.

My first piece for the New York Daily News, “A Drone Strike on Democracy,” has posted.

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption Contest^TM

Will your Yelp review land you in court?

Want to teach political science for a living? Go to one of a handful of top schools or don’t bother.

Ross Douthat says American women should stop being decadent and have more babies, explaining that raising children is easier than it used to be, so there’s really no excuse for women to be so selfish.

Congress is trying to re-write a law that the Supreme Court found unconstitutional in June. Have they succeeded?

NATO has agreed to deploy Patriot missiles along the Turkey-Syria border to protect Turkish airspace and territory, while making clear no escalation is intended.

In a show of marketing savvy that put Detroit where it is, Lincoln is rebranding itself as Lincoln.

It seems that FreedomWorks is imploding in the wake of Dick Armey’s sudden resignation.

The New York Post splashed the photo of a man pushed in front of a train on their cover.

Outgoing Senator Jim Webb is making another attempt at passing the Stolen Valor Act, deemed unconstitutional last year by the US Supreme Court.

Elections put the players in office. They don’t dictate the outcome of the game.

House Speaker John Boehner has purged the body’s key financial committees of members of his caucus that didn’t toe the line.

Actress Ashley Judd is reportedly considering a run for the United States Senate.

Dick Armey has resigned as chairman of Tea Party group FreedomWorks over unspecified principles.