Outside the Beltway

The media is now starting to look at it’s own role in the whole Koran burning story, but the truth is that there really wasn’t any way they could’ve ignored the story.

The Obama administration has persuaded the nation’s most liberal appellate court that the executive branch’s right to secrecy trumps the rights of people claiming they were tortured by the United States Government.

An essay claiming that the TED talks are “the new Harvard” is gaining some traction from a lot of people who ought know better.

Hezbollah can tolerate the restoration of a synagogue, but many Americans are apoplectic about a Muslim community center and mosque two blocks from where the WTC once stood.

Dilbert creator Scott Adams says that the amount of stress in the world is constant, with relief always transferred to another person or another time.

Americans get apoplectic at stories of police officers shooting people’s pets but seem unphased when they shoot innocent human beings.

Blogs are all grown up now and indistinguishable from other online media.

Andrew Sullivan welcomes two more dogs to the Dish.

Conservatives have long complained about liberal media bias. But conservative media seems to be much worse.

Andrew Sullivan is back from vacation and back obsessing over the birth of a two-year old kid in Alaska.

Over at The Daily Dish, Dave Weigel hit the nail on the head in his criticism of Andrew Sullivan’s bizarre obsession with a two year-old infant.

Despite new breakthroughs, an HIV vaccine is still some ways off. But, my, we’ve come a long way.

Did the American media cover up torture by the Bush Administration?

Africans are rallying around the Ghanaian World Cup team, putting aside stark differences. Should we be surprised?

Is the blog bubble bursting? Only if you’re innumerate.