Outside the Beltway

Philippa Thomas has a fascinating take on how she broke the news of (now former) State Department P.J. Crowley’s condemnation of the Obama administration’s treatment of Bradley Manning.

It’s springtime in Washington, when the buds start to grow on the Japanese Cherry trees, and political hacks come out of their holes to criticize the President for golfing.

John Kerry’s Washington Post op-ed supports U. S. leadership in establishing a no-fly zone in Libya.

Paul Krugman admits that he doesn’t bother to read conservative commentary. Should he?

While the prestige outlets of the halcyon days of the last millennium still hold some cachet for those of us old enough to remember that era, they mean next to nothing on the Web.

Frying bacon in a pan is messy and often results in mangled, charred meat. Scott Vermeire says you’re probably doing it wrong.

The Media Bloggers Association has filed an amicus brief against a company which exists for the sole purpose of suing bloggers.

I drink more coffee a month than the average person does a year. Indeed, I easily go through more than the 12 kilograms that represents the top end of the scale.

Either Andrew Breitbart controls the entire media complex or Crooks & Liars jumped the gun. “Figure it out.”

Andrew Sullivan is finally fed up with Barack Obama.

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

Mob Boss Tommy Shots Gioeli Blogs From Jail

We now have most of the world’s information right at our fingertips. But we’re not necessarily getting smarter.

Some thoughts on why certain topics get blogged.

Didn’t we just talk about this?

There was now snow on the ground in every single one of the 50 states — including Hawaii, which had snowfall on one of its volcanoes — except for Florida.