Outside the Beltway

Rumors are floating that Rudy Giuliani is thinking about running for President again. All of America asks, Why?

President Obama and Chief Justice Roberts are calling for bipartisanship in the New Year.

The reaction to President Obama’s recent recess appointments provide us with yet another example of bipartisan hypocrisy.

President Obama and Hillary Clinton top Gallup’s lists of Most Admired Americans.

Is Jon Stewart the next Edward R. Murrow? No.

If Democrats had been this effective the previous two years, would they have lost as badly in November?

Might Rudy do better in 2012 than he did in 2008?

Washington D.C.’s 34 year-old Metro system is about to become the latest stage for Security Theater.

Is the West’s string of luck about to end?

Republicans were largely silent during the Bush Administration as spending went out of control. Will they do that again?

Republicans have blocked a bill that would have helped rescue workers who became sick helping others at Ground Zero.

What will Republicans think of a candidate for President who admitted to smoking marijuana as recently as two years ago?

The hunters in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and West Virginia alone would comprise the largest army in the world.

Those of us who think we’re overreacting to terrorism should remember that we’re in a tiny minority.

A document uncovered in a Freedom of Information Act request demonstrates the extent to which Federal law enforcement works outside the requirements of the Constitution.

Sarah Palin has taken to her Facebook page to raise “Serious Questions about the Obama Administration’s Incompetence in the WikiLeaks Fiasco.” They’re more interesting than I’d expected.

The two English language newspapers who have been Julian Assange’s accomplices in disseminating stolen secrets defend themselves.

After days of hype, National Opt-Out Day fizzled. It’s a classic collective action problem.

Looking to avoid airport body scanners? You might not be able to do it on any form of public transit if Janet Napolitano gets her way.

Despite the recent media outrage over TSA search procedures, public attitudes on the subject remain largely supportive.

Ron Paul has introduced a law (the “American Traveler Dignity Act”) that would punish TSA agents for groping and x-raying Americans.

Afghans in two crucial southern provinces are almost completely unaware of the September 11 attacks on the United States and don’t know they precipitated the foreign intervention now in its 10th year, a new report showed on Friday.

Are the American people finally waking up to the absurdity of TSA security theater? One can only hope they are.

The first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee ends with the Defendant being acquitted on all but one charge, and shows us why the entire process is little more than a show trial.

It appears that full body scanners, operated by leering yahoos under the cover of government authority, may finally be rousing the sheep who have meekly submitted to the absurd delays and indignities that have been piled on since 9/11 and sundry botched attempts.

Thanks to a combination of good intelligence and fast action, it looks like the U.S. and UK avoided a serious attack on airliners last week.

Jonah Goldberg has written a bad column. In this case, an op-ed in the Chicago Tribune headlined “Why is Assange still alive?”

To earn a Medal of Honor commit a multi-part act of near comic-book-style heroism and, more often than not, die. Pentagon committees then convene to determine whether your valor merits an award traditionally given for acts so brave that no one would have even thought to complain if the soldier had neglected to do them.

Another undercover sting nets a would-be terrorist.

Tumblr called “Pictures of Muslims Wearing Things” shows that there’s no such thing as “Muslim garb.”

The firing of Juan Williams from NPR has led many conservatives to call for an end to government subsidies. As is often the case, they’re right but for the wrong reasons.

Apparently Juan Williams is really, really, really important.

Who’s to blame for the rise in anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States, President Obama or those who have actually been encouraging bias against Muslims?

It’s been a decade since al Qaeda attacked the USS Cole, killing 17 American sailors. The perpetrators are still at large.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in a case where being on the right side means supporting some vile people, but that’s what the First Amendment is all about.

If the Republicans win back Congress in November, it will be largely unearned. But that doesn’t mean that there’s no incentive for change in American politics.