Outside the Beltway

Newt constantly lays claim to the title “historian” and asserts it as evidence of his insights and as a qualification for office. As such, the quality of the claim matters.

The Obama Administration has halted, for the moment, a pipeline project that has become a political football.

Not surprisingly, it’s the end of Huntsmania

How far should the press go in challenging assertions by politicians?

Are carbon emissions saving us all from a cold, cold fate?

Jon Huntsman has gambled everything on New Hampshire. It probably won’t pay off.

Congress eliminates a bad subsidy, but it’s only because there’s a worse one on the books.

Welcome technological change, or crony capitalism?

Congressional Republicans got a major concession as price for averting a government shutdown: saving the incandescent light bulb, at least now.

America’s greatest statesmen fear America’s political paralysis endangers our ability to lead the world.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

How did Republicans get in this mess?

Treating entertainment as entertainment is one thing. Treating it as news and education is another.

Why we shouldn’t be surprised that police are using tools of violence against protestors.

More revelations regarding the relationship between Solyndra and the Obama White House.

Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?

It was clear from the start that “Cash For Clunkers” was a bad idea.

The popular program was even less successful than we initially thought.

Banks have more money than they can lend out profitably.

Mitt Romney’s health care plan subsidized health care for illegal immigrants.

Does “Occupy Wall Street” really represent the people they claim to be speaking for?

Romney consolidated his position as the presumptive nominee, Perry continued his disintegration, Cain discovered what it was like to be a serious candidate, and Bachmann doubled down on crazy.

With the advantage of hindsight, it’s clear that more creative strategies were needed. But they probably couldn’t have been passed.

Listing affiliation with gay activist groups hinders one’s chances of landing a job interview.

Another case of the law of unintended consequences.

The first two months of Rick Perry’s campaign are a good example of why it helps to start a Presidential campaign early.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

Marcia Anderson has become the first African American woman to be promoted to a two star general in the US Army.

Chris Christie’s weight has become a political concern, apparently.

Better or worse?

And, the week closes out with another round of rumors about New Jersey’s Governor.

When the old rules don’t apply anymore, the system breaks down.

The latest Gallup poll shows a record 81 percent of Americans are dissatisfied with the way the nation is being governed.

Another round of rumors is out claiming that Chris Christie is thinking about running for President.

Some pundits on the right can’t seem to quit Chris Christie.

Ivar Giaever, the 1973 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, has resigned from the American Physical Society over its declaration that “global warming is occurring” and that “the evidence is incontrovertible.”

Oz provides an excuse for some comparative politics.

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet