Outside the Beltway

Al Jazeera debuted its American broadcast Tuesday. Fewer Americans have access to Al Jazeera than they did Monday.

One of the iconic speeches in American history is copyrighted.

Author Elmore Leonard has died at the age of 87.

Does interest in Egypt make the same sense it did 30 years ago?

Some conservatives don’t seem too troubled by Vladimir Putin’s repression.

Surprisingly, many pundits on the left don’t seem too thrilled about the idea of a Senator Cory Booker.

While periodic, strenuous exercise is better than nothing, constant movement is much better for our health.

The president’s 2008 rival has gone from bitter foe to go-to deal broker.

Ted Cruz is either being incredibly cynical as he deludes his fellow Republicans, or he’s living in a fantasy world.

The US backed Egyptian government is massacring supporters of the ousted democratically elected government.

ABC News selectively edited their interview with Juror B29 to give a false impression of what she said.

New Jersey’s highest court gets it right.

Three years after joining The New York Times, Nate Silver is jumping ship to Disney’s ESPN and ABC.

Would your cable bill be cheaper if you could just subscribe to the channels you wanted to watch?

Some thoughts on a decade old video in which Samantha Power speculates on actions to take against an unfolding genocide.

Low voter priorities and the natural tendency of the media to move on to the next big story meant that gun control was not going to be a top political issue for long.

The Oval Office Address, once a common tool of the Presidency, has been in declining use of late.

The jury likely got it right. That doesn’t mean George Zimmerman didn’t kill Trayvon Martin or that Martin deserved to die.

The prominent media critic will no longer bother criticizing CNN for not living up to the standards of the profession.

Is 2013 the year of second acts in American politics? Eliot Spitzer seems to be the latest disgraced politician to hope that it is.

The events of the last week in Egypt raise a whole host of questions.

Yesterday’s coup in Egypt, a day before we celebrate our own independence, reminds us of something else worth celebrating.

if reports are to be believed, there is a coup d’etat underway in Egypt.

The GOP is going to have to come up with a lot more than just age if they end up facing off against Hillary Clinton in 2016.

The Texas Legislature is putting up its controversial abortion bill again, but don’t expect things do end the way they did last week.

Yesterday saw some of the biggest protests ever to rock Egypt. Where does it go from here?

CNN is reviving the Crossfire shoutfest with Newt Gingrich, S.E. Cupp, Stephanie Cutter, and Van Jones as hosts.

The broadcast networks want to operate under the same FCC guidelines as the cable networks. And they should.

Even the national sport is arousing the anger of the protesters in Brazil.