Outside the Beltway

With debate season over, it’s looking less and less likely that Virginia Republicans will be able to hold back the Democrats on November 5th.

Until this weekend, Mario Cuomo had refused to watch The Godfather. He still isn’t being very fair to it.

Immigration reform may be the next big battle on Capitol Hill, but it’s going to be far different from the one that just concluded.

The shutdown debacle seems destined to lead to a battle between the Tea Party and the more business oriented elements of the GOP

Wal-Mart has fired an employee for coming to the aid of a customer being assaulted in the parking lot.

Mayor Booker is now Senator-Elect Booker.

PBS NewsHour quiz “Do You Live in a Bubble?”

The GOP’s shutdown was about as pointless as a show about waiting for a table in a Chinese restaurant.

So much for the most transparent Administration in history.

The Virginia Governor’s race may be slipping too far for Republicans to pull off a victory.

The Supreme Court heard argument in a major campaign finance case yesterday.

The government shutdown seems to be having an impact on the one competitive statewide race in country this year.

One of the dumber aspects of the current shutdown repeats itself.

The NFL donates its game broadcasts to troops deployed in harm’s way but they still won’t get to see them during the shutdown.

There’s no sign that the government shutdown will end any time soon.

Nazi comparisons are only helpful when discussing actual Nazis.

The communications chairman of the Democratic Party of Sacramento County wished a horrible death on the children of Ted Cruz’ speechwriter.

The Emmys will honor Cory Monteith but not Jack Klugman or Larry Hagman. Where in that sentence you said “Who?” will tell us how old you are.

My latest for The National Interest has posted.

President Obama is trying to launch a war but there’s a lot of competition for attention.

The pioneering journalist David Frost has died, aged 74 years.

The Sacramento Bee has released this remarkable video of President Gerald Ford testifying about the assassination attempt by Lynnette “Squeaky” Fromme.

As President Obama’s red line has been crossed more brazenly, he continues to sound reluctant to intervene in Syria while positioning forces to do just that.

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn is the latest conservative to endorse the foolish idea of a Constitutional Convention.

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.