Outside the Beltway

Customers at a Radio Shack in Montana have an opportunity to get a free gun if they switch to Dish Network.

President Obama shouldn’t be criticized for picking his NCAA tourney brackets during wartime. But he shouldn’t get much credit, either.

The race for the 2012 Republican nomination is missing the one thing that GOP nomination battles have almost always had, a frontrunner.

Obama is visiting Brazil and Chile while American fighting men join the coalition against Libya.

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

Will one of the worst natural disasters to hit Japan in centuries change the relationship between the Japanese government and the people?

Comedian Gilbert Gottfried is the latest idiot celebrity to damage their career on Twitter.

Fewer Americans are watching cable news networks, and that’s not surprising.

A March 12 explosion at the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma, Japan, appears to have caused a reactor meltdown.

The CNN Effect has given away to Twitter Standard Time.

Japan was rocked by a massive earthquake, which in turned spawned a tsunami.

The legendary columnist David Broder has died.

While there are doubtless flaws with the journalistic values and culture of the New Media, we too often contrast today with a Golden Age of Media that never existed.

An op-ed by a Hao Leifeng in China’s Global Times argues that “Actor Charlie Sheen is a classic example of the difference in Western and Eastern values and norms.”

The Blue Man Dupe Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Charlie Sheen was the highest paid sitcom actor on the planet. Until a few minutes ago:

Why is Charlie Sheen seen as likable despite his serial abuse of women?

Mike Huckabee channels Dan Quayle when he decides to comment on the pregnancy of Oscar winner Natalie Portman.

Time for the Thursday OTB Caption Contest^TM

The Supreme Court rules that “offensiveness” does not trump the First Amendment. And they’re right.

Establishing a no-fly zone isn’t likely to be enough to remove the current Libyan regime from power.

Americans had it so much better in the 1950s, right?

Muammar Gadaffi’s family hired big name entertainers for parties. What with the ongoing mayhem in Libya, that’s coming under scrutiny.

A New York judge has sided with comedian Jerry Seinfeld in a bizarre lawsuit by a crazy woman who writes cookbooks.

A look at history reveals that President Obama’s decision to decline to defend Section Three of DOMA is hardly unprecedented.

The situation in Libya continues to be grim as Gaddafi lashes out while power slips through his fingers.

Some conservatives are finally waking up and realizing what people like Glenn Beck are doing to the movement. It’s probably too late, though.

Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued a fatwa against Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

There are a number of signs coming out of Libya that indicate the regime is in serious trouble despite the willingness of the state to use violence on the crowds.