Outside the Beltway

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is the latest idiot celebrity to damage their career on Twitter.

Bastiat vs. the Second Law of Thermodynamics

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.

Archaeologists may have found the lost city of Atlantis. And, no, not the one in the Bahamas.

Status report on the damage in Japan.

Who wants that job? (And is willing to work that hard to get it?)

Can the massive destruction caused by the Japanese earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdowns stimulate the economy?

A March 12 explosion at the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan, appears to have caused a reactor meltdown.

The damage in Japan from today’s quake is dramatic and heartbreaking.

The first wave of the tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake is expected to strike Hawaii at 8:00am EST.

Japan was rocked by a massive earthquake, which in turned spawned a tsunami.

European subsidies have given Airbus a competitive advantage over America’s Boeing in commercial aircraft salesboein. The reverse is true on military aircraft.

Time for midterms.

With just over a week to go before the 112th Congress convenes, battle lines are already being drawn in battle over the defense budget.

Sarah Palin waded into the foreign policy pool today with a piece about Iran, and it was about as empty as most of the other ideas on Iran that we’ve heard over the last six years or so from everyone else.

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

McCain brings up “regime change” in re: the DKRP and China apparently isn’t doing enough.

What sort of response is required to Pyongyang’s ratcheting up of tensions on the Korean Peninsula?

North Korea has unveiled to the world a new nuclear processing facility that puts back on the table the question of just what we should, or can, do about the fact that a rogue state possesses nuclear weapons and wants to build more.

Has Uncle Sam got a deal for you: Lend the Treasury money for five years and it will only cost you negative 0.55 percent!

Should the UN expand the number of permanent Security Council members?

The Navy has fired fourteen skippers this year. Eleven of those were for personal misconduct.

There isn’t much doubt that China is manipulating its currency for competitive advantage. What can be done about it?

According to Paul Krugman’s latest column, the massive destruction of World War Two was actually good for the U.S. economy. Sadly, there are people who consider him an expert.

Four news items and articles about China that have caught my eye.

The only reasons Michael Kinsley can conjure for opposing the Park51 project are bigotry and political opportunism. Unless you’re a really smart columnist.

American Conservatism has changed significantly since the days of William F. Buckley Jr. One former National Review editor says that it’s changed for the worse.

General Motors, and Barack Obama, are betting the future on a car that may be nothing more than an electric lemon.

The US standard of living is not only growing but its lead over Europe and Japan is growing.

Will a debate over foreign policy tear apart the GOP ? Probably not.

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.

France’s Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday. Untold blacks have done it since 1968.

Parenting is hard work and kids are a giant pain. Is it worth it?

Another depressing poll demonstrating American historical ignorance.

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