Outside the Beltway

Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?

Now that the storm has passed, the media is being accused of over-hyping Hurricane Irene.

Is she in or is she out? And does it matter?

The two Minnesotans in the Presidential race are starting to trade barbs.

The biggest news story of the past six weeks was something completely trivial.

A Florida jury has found Casey Anthony not guilty of murdering her daughter. The criminal justice system works.

What if in 1861 a cable news network existed to broadcast the events of the day?

The debate format was the biggest loser last night, but there were a few memorable moments in New Hampshire.

Beck heads to the internet.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

The Anthony Weiner reveals once again the odd American obsession with the intersection of sex and politics.

Sure, there’s a lot of crap out there. But it’s easier to find good information and engage with experts than ever.

Herman Cain: candidate du jour or something more permanent?

Newt Gingrich and his wife had a quarter million dollar line of credit at Tiffany’s. A story, a scandal, or much ado about nothing? I’ll take Door Number Three.

With the customary hand-wringing over the low quality of the presidential field well underway, the corollary pining for other candidates to join the race is starting.

Sunday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden was the latest example of how Twitter has become the go-to source for “Breaking News.”

The question of how the world’s most wanted man could’ve hidden in plain sight in Pakistan continues to be asked.

Whenever I despair at the current state of the Republican Party, I remind myself that things aren’t much better across the aisle.

Fewer Americans are watching cable news networks, and that’s not surprising.

Al Jazeera English is kicking the butts of the American news networks on the Egypt story. Why?

The coverage of Egypt shows an over-reliance on pundits and an under-reliance on actual experts.

Twenty-five years ago today, the American space program came crashing to Earth in a horrible accident.

Didn’t we just talk about this?

The American media and Sarah Palin have developed an odd symbiotic relationship, and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

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.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg says he isn’t running for President, but he’s sure acting like a guy who’s at least thinking about it.

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?

She didn’t gain national prominence until late August, and she’s going to most likely lost by a wide margin tonight, but Christine O’Donnell received more coverage from the media than any other candidate running in 2010.

The Rally To Restore Sanity And/Or Fear ended up having a point after all, but it’s not one that anyone is likely to take to heart.

Will Digital Video Recorders kill the campaign commercial? Unfortunately, no.

MSNBC.com is contemplating a name change to distinguish their brand from that of a left-leaning cable news channel.

Thirty-two years after the first “Test Tube Baby” was born, the doctor who pioneered the procedure that created her has been recognized with a Nobel Prize.

In yet another sign of how rapidly the media landscape is changing, longtime Newsweek stalwart is leaving for the Huffington Post.

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.