Report: U.S. Knew Benghazi Attack Was Terrorism Within 24 Hours

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

OTB Caption Contest Winners

The Operation Dumbo Climb Edition OTB Caption ContestTM is now over.

Romney Campaign: Embassy Protests Wouldn’t Be Happening If Mitt Was President

The Romney campaign is doubling down on bizarre foreign policy pronouncements.

Jimmy Carter Longest Serving Ex-President

Jimmy Carter’s ex-presidency has lasted the equivalent of 26 Iranian hostage crises.

Cameroon’s “Missing” Olympians

Eight of Cameroon’s 37 Olympians are “missing.”

Dumb Outrage Of The Day: Romney Hates Britain, Or Something

The campaign silly season took a trip across the pond.

The Anglo-Saxon Outrage Of The Day

Two words spoken by a Romney aide have led to a ridiculous firestorm on the right, while the rest of their comments are being ignored.

Was The Revolution A Mistake?

Were the Colonists wrong to toss aside the British Empire so casually?

Mursi Sworn in as Egyptian President

However, he and his party have hardly taken over.

Mohammed Morsi Declared Winner Of Egyptian Presidential Election

The candidate of the Muslim Brotherhood is the next President of Egypt, but the political future of Egypt itself remains quite murky.

Egyptian Election Results Due Tomorrow

The slow motion election continues at least one more day.

Where Are The Women?

What hath a fury greater than a woman scorned? Hundreds of scorned women with Twitter accounts.

Egypt’s “Stupid” Transition

Sequencing matters.

Robert Mugabe Not UN Tourism Ambassador, A Position That Doesn’t Exist

An Internet meme that Robert Mugabe has been named UN Tourism Ambassador is untrue.

A Comparative Note on Amendment Processes

We, as Americans, tend to have a limited knowledge of the institutional variation that exists across democratic systems around the world.

The End Of The Debate Over Evolution?

Will more knowledge bring an end to the public debate over evolutionary theory? Don’t count on it.

Stuxnet On Steroids

Meet Flame. A cyber threat that makes Stuxnet seem like child’s play.

Obama, Same-Sex Marriage, And African-Americans

Is President Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage helping to create a change in opinion on the issue among African-Americans?

Cubicles Lower Productivity But Management Loves Them

The private office is quickly becoming a relic, despite the loss of morale and productivity that comes from open floorplans.

Naomi Schaefer Riley and Mob Rule

A blog post lampooning black studies dissertations got a writer fired, setting off a controversy over the limits of free speech.

Professionalization and Marginalization of International Relations Field

The takeover of academic IR study by the stats geeks is complete.

Joseph Kony, #stopkony, and Ignoring Africa

Today, the #stopkony hashtag is trending on Twitter. Here’s why.

On Using the US Constitution as a Model

Yes, the US Constitution has been the most successful such document in human history. That does not mean it is a good template for other countries.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg To Egypt: Don’t Use Our Constitution As A Guide

Ruth Bader Ginsburg had some advice on Constitution drafting for Egyptians

Obama’s Second Term Would Be Neither Groundbreaking Nor A Calamity

The truth about a Second Obama Term is that it likely wouldn’t be all that remarkable.

Did US Choices Lead Egypt to its Current Situation?

We, as a country, need to remember that do not hold levers that allow us to move events this way or that

Apple Worth More Than Greece (Well, Not Really)

The combined value of Apple’s stock is more than the GDP of some countries.

Hey, Is Anyone Out There?

If there’s anyone out there, why haven’t we heard from them yet?

Time’s 2011 Person Of The Year: “The Protester”

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.