Outside the Beltway

What the Haley Barbour situation illustrates is that we, as a country, have not fully accepted or dealt with our own past.

Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, who may end up running for President in 2012, has reopened wounds that finally seemed like they were closed.

California’s Proposition 8 faced another legal test in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals yesterday, and the day didn’t seem to go well for opponents of same-sex marriage.

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?

German Chancellor Angela Merkel declare multiculturalism in Germany to be a “failure.” Proof that anti-immigration activists in the United States are correct, right?

Western athletes who’ve complained about the conditions at the Commonwealth Games are coming in for a firestorm of criticism.

Sharron Angle’s views about the role of religion in politics are disturbingly similar to those of people who believe that the Bible itself should be the law of the land.

Conservatives aren’t as united over the “outrage” of the New Black Panther Case as you might think.

The Taliban have a new secret weapon: Monkey terrorist soldiers.

Thanks to JaMarcus Russell, I have learned a new term.

The public is growing tired of America’s Longest War.

San Francisco’s gay pride parade celebrates its 40th anniversary with Nancy Pelosi, the Backstreet Boys, and some dudes riding bike’s nekkid.

The UNODC has released the latest World Drug Report. Shockingly, there are a lot of drugs out there and a lot of money to made trafficking in them.