Outside the Beltway

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption Contest^TM

President Obama’s job approval numbers have fallen off from their post-election highs. But, does it matter?

Matt Yglesias has a smart push-back against the lamentations of the decline of journalism.

The CIA will soon be storing our nation’s most sensitive information with a private company.

Senator Rand Paul has stepped into the immigration debate, but his plan is less than desirable.

The Bibbidy Bobbidy Boo Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Washington Examiner, which for a while became the conservative alternative to the Washington Post, is ceasing daily publication to become a conservative alternative to The Hill.

A tendency to expand objectives mid-fight has seen America fail in its last four major wars.

Steve Davis, who quarterbacked Oklahoma to back-to-back national titles, died in a plane crash yesterday. He was 60.

All of us being watched, all the time, and that data being stored forever.

Time for the Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

The head men of the three most prestigious US national laboratories say the sequester will devastate scientific research in this country for decades to come.

The final release of President Lyndon Johnson’s tape recordings reveals a bizarre plot.

President Lyndon Johnson considered flying to the 1968 convention and offering himself up for re-nomination.

Kentucky Senator Rand Paul won a completely meaningless straw poll.

A federal judge has ruled National Security Letters violate the First Amendment’s free speech guarantees.

Providing a little context for Pope Francis’ background+Erick Erickson needs to learn a little history.

The New York Post reports that Today host Matt Lauer is the leading contender to replace Alex Trebek on Jeopardy.

Is the answer to the same-sex marriage debate as simple as getting the government out of the marriage business, or is it more complicated?

Senator Rob Portman changes his position on same-sex marriage. Another sign of the times.