Outside the Beltway

Our long national nightmare is nearly over.

The debate format was the biggest loser last night, but there were a few memorable moments in New Hampshire.

It appears that the Syrian military is starting to fracture. Exactly how widespread this is remains to be seen.

In a decision released yesterday. the New Jersey Supreme Court clarified the journalist/blogger distinction somewhat.

Beck heads to the internet.

Austan Goolsbee is resigning as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors to return to the University of Chicago.

So, I walk by the office television set and the above picture of a shirtless man, allegedly New York Congressman Anthony Weiner, filled the screen.

Both sides in the John Edwards case are heading into uncharted territory.

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

Sure, there’s a lot of crap out there. But it’s easier to find good information and engage with experts than ever.

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

It’s just about time to schedule the piteous press conference.

Sarah Palin’s latest media spectacle will be heading west next month.

Broadway actors are aiming a familiar lament at Hollywood stars: They’re taking our jobs!

Science fiction writers have envisioned men flying around in their own personal jetpacks for decades. It may finally be a reality.

A majority of Americans think homosexuals account for at least a fifth of the population.

Actor Jeff Conaway, best known for his role of Bobby Wheeler on “Taxi,” is dead after a drug overdose.

The GOP doesn’t have a charismatic superstar waiting in the wings. That’s okay.

Stephen Colbert has been running an ongoing shtick in which he’s trying to start a political action committee, gets letters from his Viacom bosses poo-pooing the idea, and then inviting his lawyer on to explain ways to get around these concerns.

Voters in New York State may help move the budget debate on Capitol Hill.

Fox News chairman Roger Ailes has come to regret the direction he took the network after the 2008 election.

Yea you get to live in a nice house for a few years if you win, but why would any normal human being put themselves through a campaign for President?

Jon Huntsman made his first stop in New Hampshire as he explores a presidential bid. So far, so good.

Part of a speech that Mitch Daniels made in 2009 is setting off a firestorm among some conservative bloggers.

When one realizes that Trump is basically a brand, rather than anything else, his PR foray into politics makes more sense.

How much of public opinion is about tribal political identification and how much is about the actual policies themselves?

The Tea Party Mascot Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Elias Isquith proclaims my Atlantic essay “How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology” to be “a total disaster.”

So, what’s up with Donald Trump’s bizarre hairdo? He insists it’s not a comb-over.

Why the United States has found itself in a seemingly endless series of wars over the past two decades.

The Washington Wizards have gone back to the future with new uniforms that look remarkably like the old Washington Bullets unis.

The free world rallied around the United States after the 9/11 attacks–but not all back the killing of the man who ordered it.