Outside the Beltway

A blog post lampooning black studies dissertations got a writer fired, setting off a controversy over the limits of free speech.

Nicholas Katzenbach, a central figure in the civil rights fights of the 1960s, has died.

The Rule Of Law is incompatible with political rabble rousing

How about we recognize that we do have ongoing and serious racial tension in this country rather than ignoring the issue most of the time and only deploying it when the game of politics is being played?

The George Zimmerman/Trayvon Martin case takes yet another bizarre turn.

NRO’s John Derbyshire went off on a bizarre, racist, rant yesterday.

While I do not support a rush to legal judgment or mob justice, I see no problem in forming opinions.

It’s time to let the legal system do its job.

Looking also at Zimmerman’s 911 call and who pursued whom.

Solutions come from understanding, not denial or political posturing

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.

George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin met on the night of February 27th. Martin died, and a firestorm has erupted.

Dear Bill Maher and Alexandra Pelosi: The plural of anecdote is not data.

E-mail forward raises serious questions about judge’s judgment .

Two prominent Florida Republicans are warning their party about losing the support of the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group.

Republicans are learning that their hard line on immigration comes with a political price.

The Panthers rookie is having a historic season. Were doubts that he could succeed colored by race?

John Hawkins has compiled a list of The Top 20 Most Influential Black Republicans. It’s not impressive.

What was written on a rock outside of a hunting lodge in Texas 30 years ago doesn’t really matter all that much.

Why does what was painted on a rock 30-odd years ago matter today?

Marcia Anderson has become the first African American woman to be promoted to a two star general in the US Army.

Dick Morris has a penchant for counter-intuitive analysis. And for being wildly wrong.

Is quoting President Obama without fixing his grammar “racist”? Some say it is.

College towns and lily white enclaves top the list of best educated cities.

Support for interracial marriage is now almost universal across America.

President Obama’s approval ratings are at an all-time low. Only 33% of whites and 48% of Hispanics approve. He’s still at 84% among blacks.

Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.

Marvel has created an alternate universe in which Spiderman is a half-black, half-Latino teenager. Some people are angry.

Pat Buchanan referred to President Obama as “your boy” in conversation with Al Sharpton.

A Federal Appeals Court struck down an Amendment to the Michigan Constitution today as unconstitutional.

I’ve been arguing for years that what the Republican Party needs is to embrace its crazies and play more to racist elements in its base. It looks like someone’s listening.

A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Cynthia Tucker regrets her support for majority-minority districts.

Do Republicans like Herman Cain because he’s black?

Congress is getting complaints that calling the Osama raid “Geronimo” is offensive to Indians.

Breathless hysteria over the trend toward a less white America misses an important fact: most Hispanics are white.

Whites make more money than non-whites throughout our food distribution system.

Shirley Sherrod’s lawsuit against Andrew Brietbart promises to be an interesting test of the boundaries of defamation law in the political blogosphere.

A new poll finds that Republican policies on immigration are chasing Latino voters straight into the arms of the Democratic Party.

Oddly, the Democratic Party seems to be responding to the 2010 midterms by moving further left.

Comedienne Joan Rivers tells Howard Stern why she ditched a joke calling Michelle Obama “Backie O.”