Outside the Beltway

President Obama shouldn’t be criticized for picking his NCAA tourney brackets during wartime. But he shouldn’t get much credit, either.

There are many opportunities to go to war. Here’s a guide for choosing between them.

Mike Huckabee apologized for saying Barack Obama grew up in Kenya, explaining only that he meant that the president isn’t a Real American.

Whites make more money than non-whites throughout our food distribution system.

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.

Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker did not campaign on the union-busting package he’s proposing now.

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.

You don’t have to be Admiral Akbar to suspect that the President’s refusal to deal with entitlements in his budget proposal is a trap for the GOP.

Andrew Sullivan is finally fed up with Barack Obama.

President Obama’s new budget involves nothing less than a thumb in the eye of anyone who hoped he would seriously address federal spending in his first term.

The US has limited influence over events in Egypt–something that recent history should underscore (although not everyone appears to understand this fact).

Information made public by Wikileaks appears to have played a role in sparking the protest movement that has brought down the President of Tunisia.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

The tragic shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Arizona has started another debate about political rhetoric. It’s a stupid debate, and it’s utterly pointless.

Andrew Sullivan makes a rather bizarre charge offhandedly: “Who among the neocons would have thought that one of George W. Bush’s final legacies would be bringing pogroms, bombings and genocide to Christians in his new zone of freedom?”

The Atlantic made a $1.8 million profit, mostly from Andrew Sullivan’s blog.

Did Obama’s tax cut deal demolish the Republican charge that he’s a radical? Not hardly.

Some DC based hipsters want to know why America doesn’t have good pubs like in London. It turns out, they’re everywhere.

The hunters in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia alone would comprise the largest army in the world.

Airline food sucks. Mostly, it’s the food. But it’s also the altitute.

Rush Limbaugh is apparently not impressed with Barack Obama’s presidency. That doesn’t make him a racist.

The mental gymnastics people go through to justify their position on marijuana legalization are exhausting.

Neither Law Schools nor law students are admitting the fact that the legal market has changed significantly.

It’s apparently legitimate to call Sarah Palin a liar without producing any evidence or bothering to check facts.

Mickey Kaus quips, “Andrew Sullivan has “small staff of four people to help him handle the blog” says NPR. Er, what’s a “big” staff for a blog? . . . In ten short years Sullivan’s created a bloated blog bureaucracy! “

NPR has fired Juan Williams over controversial comments about Muslims.

High earners are going to have to pay more than our fair share of the costs of government to make things work. But how we frame the debate matters.

The “Ronald Reagan” that many of today’s conservatives wish today’s Republicans were more like didn’t actually exist.

A fascinating discussion about the nature of blogging.

Andrew Sullivan has been blogging for a decade now. He remains one of the few truly indispensable bloggers.

Andrew Sullivan has figured out the solution to all that ails us: “If we could end all loop-holes (and I mean all), and have three or so effective rates, can you imagine how cleaner our politics would be? And how much more efficient our economy?”

Bill Jacobson and Glenn Reynolds seem to be overly amused that Conor Friedersdorf has the title of “senior editor” over at Andrew Sullivan’s blog.

Many commenters on civil-military relations change their tune according to whose ox is gored.

White America is within thinkable distance of a moment when it will no longer be the majority.