Outside the Beltway

If it’s online, it’s forever.

Among the other lessons it teaches us, the Shirley Sherrod incident shows that the Obama Administration is seemingly becoming weaker by the day.

While political junkies dissect every vote and utterance, most Americans vote based on their gut sense of how the economy is doing.

Former Vice-President Cheney has apparently entered a far grimmer phase of his chronic heart problems than many realized.

Should outrageous people like Pamela Gellar be invited to spread their message on national television?

Oakland’s police chief, miffed at recent budget cuts, has listed 44 crimes that his officers will no longer respond to.

A common sense decision on broadcast “decency” standards was handed down by a Federal Appeals Court today.

It’s time for the Gingrich For President speculation to begin again.

Journalists have been following Maxwell Scott’s advice since long before “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance” was made.

There is an al Qaeda link to yesterday’s terrorist attack in Uganda.

The evidence that humans are irrational continues to mount. What does this mean for self-governance?

Despite new breakthroughs, an HIV vaccine is still some ways off. But, my, we’ve come a long way.

Let’s revisit the question of crime levels in Arizona.

Cleveland Cavaliers owner reacted to his star player’s departure with a scathing open letter. Was it fair?

Muhammed may be in a bear suit, but he still got an Emmy nomination.

The latest bad idea from some conservative pundits ? Sarah Palin for Chair of the Republican National Committee.

Parenting is hard work and kids are a giant pain. Is it worth it?

One year ago today, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska after only 2 1/2 years in office.

After 69 years fighting crime in a star-spangled bathing suit, Wonder Woman will get a super hero costume.

The most shocking news about Larry King’s retirement announcement was the realization that he was still on the air.

Markos Moulitsas gets a lesson in caveat emptor from his former pollster.

If one wants to be a US Senator, one is going to have to learn to talk to the press.

Miss yesterday’s opening round of the Kagan hearings ? You didn’t miss much.

A comedian’s farcical run for mayor of Reykjavik ended in victory. It’s as if Stephen Colbert’s 2008 presidential bid had worked. Or Al Franken got elected to the Senate!

CNN is launching a debate program featuring one host from the Left and another from the Right. Why not call it “Crossfire”?

The Dallas Cowboys may finally get rid of the green pants for 2010.

Sharing your unvarnished thoughts on a listserv is just asking for trouble, as Dave Weigel is the latest to discover.

Is it time to elect a President that doesn’t have that “lean and hungry look” ?

The extra effort it takes to go from modestly informed to well-informed is tremendous and, for 99% of the public, a ridiculous waste of time.

The House Democrats have just handed the GOP another issue to bash them with in the fall.

Fatherhood.gov, the website Obama launched to some criticism yesterday, actually has its roots in the Bush Administration and has a predecessor dating to 2000.

In conjunction with Father’s Day, the Obama administration unveiled Fatherhood.gov, a website offering advice to men on raising kids. Why is this a job for the federal government?