Outside the Beltway

The calendar favors waiting out the occupiers, not confronting them.

Further, there was another example of police violence at UCD earlier this week.

After all, securing the border is easy and the forces driving cross-border illicit activities can be curtailed with enough force and security.

More revelations regarding the relationship between Solyndra and the Obama White House.

A three-way tie?

Details are still sketchy but two men are dead in separate shootings at Occupy Oakland (California) and Occupy Burlington (Vermont).

Despite the seeming odds against him, the Electoral College map is very favorable for President Obama.

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?

As the season changes, the Occupy Wall Street movement seems destined to peter out.

If Republicans keep looking for the next Ronald Reagan, they’re going to be disappointed for many reasons.

Yes, again with the EC.

Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.

As of now, there’s no reason to believe that Mitt Romney won’t be the Republican nominee in 2012.

Dwayne Kennedy will spend 5 more years in prison for using a cell phone to call his family to tell them he’d been paroled.

Have Republicans been co-opted by the Big Government they claim to hate?

The Supreme Court will have another interesting First Amendment case on its docket this Term.

Foie gras will soon be illegal in California, so some are indulging as much as possible now.

Obama’s Justice Department continues its crackdown on medical marijuana, despite campaign promises to the contrary.

California’s Governor has vetoed a bill that would have reversed a very misguided decision by that state’s Supreme Court.

Even if the Senate operated under wholly majority rules, it would not be the House.

Listing affiliation with gay activist groups hinders one’s chances of landing a job interview.

Parents are being arrested for sending their children to public schools outside their district.

Another entry in the ongoing follies of US border and immigration policy.

Despite all the negatives going against him, Mitt Romney may yet be the inevitable Republican nominee.

Economists are beginning to wonder if this very slow economic recovery isn’t permanently altering the landscape.

Rick Perry has stumbled out of the gate, but he’ll be in this race for the long haul

Another round of rumors is out claiming that Chris Christie is thinking about running for President.

Ten Muslim students were found guilty on misdemeanor conspiracy charges for their “plot” to shout down the Israeli ambassador during a speech at UC Irvine.

Does the state have the right to regulate how many people you invite to your home?

Based on the numbers, Barack Obama is an immigration hawk.

A book could be written on this subject, but let me suggest the following as a good place to start

Why even have an electoral college?

Republicans have a plan to wrest half of the Keystone State’s electors from Obama.

Despite previous denials, the White House did in fact intervene in the approval process for a loan to Solyndra.

The President’s jobs push isn’t doing much to help his job approval numbers so far.

The Texas Governor was taking it from all sides at last night’s Tea Party Debate.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

There was a somewhat disturbing moment during last night’s GOP Debate.

America is discovering that throwing money at an industry in the hope it will create jobs doesn’t work.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.