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This political blog site covers a variety of news events from a generally right-of-center perspective. It is headed by James Joyner, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief, who founded OTB in 2003 and was its sole author until November 2004. It has since evolved into OTB Media, a collection of weblogs with over two dozen contributors. James also hosts a weekly radio program for BlogTalkRadio. He has published academic articles in International Studies Quarterly and Strategic Insights; five book reviews; fourteen encyclopedia articles; over two dozen conference papers; and over three dozen magazine ... More » (Source: Outside the Beltway)
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Palin Last Nail in Republican Coffin?
The whole Palin thing, though, worries me. I take people like George Will and Christopher Buckley and Colin Powell at their word when they say the selection of Palin was very ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Real America
Sarah Palin caused a bit of a flap earlier in the week when she told a North Carolina crowd that she loved visiting the “pro-America” parts of the country, leading ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Obama Waffles - Racist or Fair Satire?
Attendees at a Family Research Council convention were buying up "Obama Waffles" like hotcakes before organizers decided they contained images that could be deemed racist and ...Posted by Leo Romero -
U.S. Stationing Diplomats in Iran
The fact of the matter is that we have had diplomatic relations with the Iranian government in all but name throughout this period. Indeed, we negotiated the release of our ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Is it Worth Drilling For More Domestic Oil?
even if we were to open up all of our offshore and onland sites for oil exploration today, it would be at least a decade, if not longer, before that oil started pumping. ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
McCain Hates War, Loves America
Hotline reports that the McCain campaign will launch this ad, titled simply "Safe," today in "unnamed battleground states." (Although I'm pretty sure that the states have ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Paramilitarization of Police
Radley Balko wonders why a catalog selling off duty noveltywear to police officers is doing selling "Death Dealer" t-shirts....Cops, though, aren't trigger pullers by mission. ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Goldfarb and McCain
I'm only vaguely familiar with Goldfarb's work as a blogger but he's apparently been in the writing business for quite some time, including a stint at Time.com more than a ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Dissent in the Army
Phil Carter has an interesting debate with his Slate colleague Fred Kaplan about how the assignment of LTC Paul Yingling (of "A Failure in Generalship" fame) to a non-standard ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Clinton Wins Big in Pennsylvania, Fights On
On the surface, this is very bad news, indeed, for Obama. He's comparatively weak with the very groups he'll most need in November. Then again, he's currently running against ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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What’s a Liberal, Anyway?
Andrew Sullivan is bemused to find himself on Forbes‘ list of “The 25 Most Influential Liberals In The U.S. Media” since he considers himself a conservative. He posts a ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Tensions Rising Between Pakistan and India
The news from Pakistan and India isn’t exactly the sort to promote Christmas cheer. The tensions between the two countries, on hair trigger since the attacks in Mumbai last ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Race Still Tied After Conventions
The presidential race was essentially tied going into the party conventions. As expected, Barack Obama got a small bounce, somewhere in the neighborhood of 5 points, from the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Country First: A Fascist Idea?
While hyper-nationalism is a key component of fascist ideology, it doesn't follow that loyalty to country is fascist. McCain isn't advocating blind obedience to government ...Posted by Kaizar Campwala -
Indiana and North Carolina Primary Predictions
Voters in Indiana and North Carolina go to the polls today having far more impact on the race than anyone would have thought possible four months ago. If Barack Obama wins ...Posted by Beth Wellington -
Ron Paul Flatlines
Ron Paul's ability to attract enthusiastic support among young people, especially online, has been quite impressive and unexpected. The degree to which that has translated ...Posted by Leo Romero -
A Resume is Not Enough
Frank Rich notes that established candidates in both parties are struggling against comparative upstarts. As it happens, I asked McCain this very question on a conference ...Posted by Leo Romero -
Ron Paul's Libertarian Revolution
Reason editors Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch argue in today's WaPo that a libertarian revolution is afoot, as evidenced by Ron Paul's having risen to five percent in the polls ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Coup at Home?
In an incredibly hyperbolic piece with the over-the-top headline "The Coup at Home," NYT columnist Frank Rich draws an equivalence between the coup in Pakistan and the ...Posted by Leo Romero -
The Budget Deficit
The CBO released its Budget and Economic Outlook Update for August and the budget numbers are rather interesting.Posted by Kaizar Campwala
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