Outside the Beltway

NYT public editor Arthur Brisbane explains how it came to pass that his paper reported as fact the erroneous news that Gabrielle Giffords had been killed.

I’m blogging Mark Levin’s Conservative Manifesto. Here’s part one…

UQ’s Thoreau makes a compelling point: “Usually people blame the 2nd amendment for a mass shooting. This time they’re blaming the 1st. But why not all the others?”

Andy McNab writes books for people who like video games.

The cost/benefit ratio of tablet computers seems to be a bit…. lacking.

Christopher Hitchens explains how to make tea.

Shania Twain has married Frederic Thiebaud, former husband of Marie-Anne Thiebaud, the woman Twain’s ex-husband Mutt Lange had an affair with.

President Obama was correct to commend the Eagles for giving Michael Vick a chance to redeem himself.

The National Football League’s decision to postpone last night’s Eagles-Vikings game due to weather is receiving a lot of criticism, but they made the right choice.

Is Jon Stewart the next Edward R. Murrow? No.

A Christmas tree tweets.

Two Ohio congressional districts are taking their talents to South Beach.

Geno Auriemma and his UConn Huskies should rightly be enormously proud of their accomplishments. But comparing them to John Wooden’s is embarrassing.

Rick Gosselin of the Dallas Morning News is a must-read for NFL fans, always offering sharp insights into the game garnered over decades of experience. But, like anyone else, he can develop silly theories from anecdotal evidence.

Here’s the trailer for Marvel Studios’ “Thor.”

Gerard Van der Leun passes on a professorial rant entitled “Why You Got A ‘C'” that’s likely to be amusing primarily to those who have taught undergraduates.

Given that Batman has quasi-official sanction from the Gotham Police, aren’t his tactics illegal?

Don Surber imagines this edition of “Hardball.”

The Julian Assange case makes Sweden look like a country that’s governed by congenital idiots and populated with nothing but crazy sluts and lawyers.

Aaron Sorkin gets “happy” when hunters accidentally kill one another.

Joe Biden: “Obama: On the way to a failed presidency?”

Michael Wilbon departs the Washington Post after more than 30 years to work full time at ESPN. Here are his last — and first — columns.