Outside the Beltway

People continue to spread conspiracy theories explaining the “real reason” that David Petraeus’s extra-marital affair became public.

Posting pictures of your ballot to Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram is a crime in some parts of America.

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been working tirelessly to ensure Barack Obama is a one-term president but has been effusive in praising Obama’s leadership during Hurricane Sandy.

Increasingly, the right of people to speak is being sacrificed in the name of “tolerance” and “security.”

What’s the truth about last night’s debate exchange about Libya?

President Obama stopped the bleeding from the first debate.

A round of finger pointing in the aftermath of the Benghazi attack.

The official narrative on the Benghazi consulate attack has changed again.

A five year old “shocking” video of President Obama speaking to a group of African-American ministers proves to be not very shocking at all.

Sacrificing our principles in the face of mob violence is never a good idea.

The Administration’s decision to stick with the meme that the Benghazi attack was about a movie becomes more puzzling.

There’s no doubt about it, our political culture is pretty horrible.

The Obama Administration’s response to the protests in the Muslim world has been entirely wrongheaded.

The Administration’s narrative regarding the attack that resulted in the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens no longer holds water.

Capitulating to a mob is never a good idea.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

One Professor suggests we sacrifice yet more of our freedom in the wake of the embassy protests in the Middle East.

TSA agents detained a woman for having the audacity to drink her water rather than hand it over for testing.

As the final stretch of the campaign begins in earnest, Mitt Romney faces a very difficult task.

Depending on what time you watched any of last night’s proceedings in Charlotte, you got a very different experience.

The GOP (and our politics in general) will not be healed until there is an honest assessment of what government is (and is not).

After three days of buildup to a “mystery speaker,” the closing night of the Republican convention featured a rambling performance by Clint Eastwood and an empty chair.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

Once again, Chris Christie makes one wish there were more Republicans like him.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

A recent decision out of Massachusetts threatens to make business quite difficult for online service providers.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

The phrase “American Taliban” is usually off the mark. However, sometimes it is closer to the mark than we might like.

A North Carolina teacher screamed and cursed at students for criticizing President Obama.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

The Geek Squad Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

The GOP’s response to the Obama campaign’s Osama bin Laden ad has not been helpful.

The student-athlete fairytale is true. Except where you would reasonably expect it to be a lie.

Roger Ebert and I don’t agree on much, from politics to movies. But share a fondness for Samuel L. Jackson and a contempt for George Zimmerman.

Mitt Romney’s campaign gives us a lesson in how not to stage a “major” economic speech.

Once again, Ron Paul showed last night why he could never win the Republican nomination.

Apparently, people who work for the government are surfing the World Wide Web.