Outside the Beltway

The gang at Fox Nation is amused that President Obama is blaming ATMs for high unemployment. But he’s right.

Is it appropriate for news organizations to decide that the people don’t need to hear from certain political candidates?

James Arness, best known as the iconic Marshal Dillon on Gunsmoke, has died at 88.

Palin and the press are in mutual love, despite protestations to the contrary.

All signs are that Michele Bachmann is running for president. What impact will she have on the race?

Does the Donald Trump flame-out provide any kind of guide to other candidates? Only if they want to host a reality show.

It’s Campaign Fact of Life No. 1: If you aren’t a factor in the race, you aren’t going to get free media.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have announced their separation after 25 years of marriage.

Floridians are going to have to start pulling up their pants and stop having sex with animals soon.

A study shows that most national columnists and talking heads are about as accurate as a coin flip.

Time for the Monday OTB Caption Cowntest^TM

Another case of TSA groping has hit the media.

President Obama chided the media for paying too much attention to the birther issue, but his criticism was unwarranted.

What is Donald Trump up to? Only he seems to know for sure.

Demographic information about TV viewers is worthless to advertisers.

Donald Trump is waiting to announce whether he’s running for president until after taping of “The Apprentice” concludes. Some thing NBC shouldn’t allow him to wait.

History tells us that if there is a shutdown tonight, it will most likely be a short one.

The uneasy coalition that coalesced around action in Libya will be strained by decisions to come.

U.S. officials are making clear that the current mission in Libya may not lead to the end of Muammar Gaddafi’s rule. If that’s the case, then why are we there in the first place?

As gas and oil prices rise, the pressure is increasing to tap into the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It’s a dumb idea.

Republicans are about to take a walk along the third-rail of American politics.

As the standoff in Wisconsin drags on, there is no sign that the public accepts the argument being made about public sector unions by Governor Scott Walker and other Republicans.

Four U.S. citizens on a yacht hijacked by Somali pirates last week are dead. American military have killed the pirates.

A county in the far southwest corner of Virginia is the latest battle ground in the ongoing battle over the separation of church and state.

Beck is now concerned about Google.

Four years after Barack Obama became a Presidential candidate, the birther myth not only persists, it seems to be becoming more prevalent. Why?

Shirley Sherrod’s lawsuit against Andrew Brietbart promises to be an interesting test of the boundaries of defamation law in the political blogosphere.