Outside the Beltway

Is calling Côte d’Ivoire “Ivory Coast” linguistic colonialism? Where do we draw the line when English names for countries go out of vogue?

President Obama is supporting the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Is this the end of America?

Red States should gain 10 seats while Blue States should lose eight.

The latest Wikileaks leak is a list of foreign infrastructure sites deemed vital to U. S. security.

Citibank is helping the US catch up to the rest of the world with free, easy wire transfers.

Terrorism risk assessment: Russia at “Extreme Risk”, Greece at “High Risk”, U. S. at “Medium Risk”, Canada and Germany at “Low Risk”.

The I’ve Got You Babe Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

If it’s September, it must be time for Mahmoud Ahmadinjad to stand up before the United Nations General Assembly and say something completely insane.

Is there a quiet cyberwar going on and we are just starting to notice it?

Take a good look at that dollar coin, because you’re unlikely to see it circulation any time soon.

There’s not as much conservative unity on the gay marriage issue as there used to be.

Holland became the first NATO member to pull out of Afghanistan. How long before the rest follow?

Feldpost für unsere Soldaten is a campaign recognizing the sacrifices of German soldiers fighting in Afghanistan.

The Iroquois lacrosse team has been caught in a classic Catch-22. The U.S. government won’t recognize their passports and they won’t use U.S. passports as a matter of principle.

American cops increasingly think they can harass innocents in the name of keeping us safe.