Outside the Beltway

The talking points prepared in the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attack were heavily edited at the request of the State Department.

John McCain is taking a break from advocating yet another war in the Middle East to make war against cable television companies.

Republicans looking to Benghazi for political ammunition are likely going to be disappointed.

The infamous “red line” may not have been crossed after all. At least not by the Assad regime.

The soft underbelly of the post-ownership society.

Shutting down media that the government doesn’t like is unlikely to solve the sectarian problems in Iraq.

Tom Brokaw has some good criticisms of what the White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner has turned into.

A McDonald’s hamburger has been in a man’s car trunk since 1999. It still looks and smells the same as the day he bought it, minus the pickle.

Some on the right are complaining that Dzhokar Tsarnaev was read his Mranda rights too soon.

If you want to understand contemporary politics, the last thing you should do is reference an Andrew Sorkin project.

The man who changed the way Americans viewed newspapers, just before newspapers themselves began getting pushed aside by technology, has died at the age of 89.

A sensational story, little solid information, and instant analysis are a bad combination

“Mark Sanford walked out on us, violated our trust … maybe Mark Sanford should just keep walking.”

Today is the 75th anniversary of Superman.

There’s a lot we still don’t know about what happened in Boston, so maybe it’s time to stop speculating.

Tragedy in Boston.

The artist known as Kid Rock endorsed Mitt Romney but now says he’s “embarrassed to be a Republican.” Because of their stance on paperless tickets, naturally.

Desktop PC sales fell by nearly 14% in the first quarter, continuing an ongoing trend. There are many reasons this is happening.

Whether in the blogosphere or on television, people are increasingly only accessing sources of news and opinion that confirm their pre-conceived ideas.

Republicans seem to think they need fewer Presidential debates in the 2016 cycle, but it’s unclear how they can make that happen.

Illegal aliens will henceforth be be called, well, something.

Emily DePrang looks back at “‘Baghdad Bob’ and His Ridiculous, True Predictions.”

So what, exactly, is going on in North Korea? And how should we respond to Kim’s bluster?

MSNBC’s Chris Hayes uses a quota system to make sure his guests aren’t all white dudes.

The man who played Captain Kirk is not amused by an IRS training video featuring his iconic character.