Outside the Beltway

There’s a lot we still don’t know about what happened in Boston, so maybe it’s time to stop speculating.

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

Were the Colonists wrong to toss aside the British Empire so casually?

At least one law student needs a refresher course in the First Amendment.

Sure, he routinely uses gender-specific slurs against conservative women. But he’s not a misogynist!

Rush Limbaugh may be a jerk, but he has a right to be a jerk.

The Occupy movement is starting to face the reality that they really aren’t engaging in protected speech.

Herman Cain response to the latest round of allegations against him leaves much to be desired.

When in trouble, sue the messenger.

A video from Occupy Dayton in which a protestor is shouting “F*ck the military, f*ck your flag, f*ck the police!” is going viral.

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

A case pending in Maryland raises the question of when boorish online behavior crosses the line from protected speech to criminal act.

A somewhat surprising First Amendment decision arising out of the 2010 Elections.

News that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs has opened a big can of schadenfreude.

Will last night’s debate have any influence on the potential candidates who weren’t there?

A New York judge has sided with comedian Jerry Seinfeld in a bizarre lawsuit by a crazy woman who writes cookbooks.

A suit against a newspaper for not removing an old story about a college football player was tossed.

Didn’t we just talk about this?

Pedestrian fatalities are up. Experts blame Michelle Obama.

Sarah Palin was “interviewed” by Sean Hannity last night. I doubt she helped herself.

The American media and Sarah Palin have developed an odd symbiotic relationship, and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Both Bill Kristol and Brit Hume had interesting observations about Palin’s “blood libel” speech today on FNS.

One columnist argues that Sarah Palin’s response to the Arizona shootings mark the end of whatever political future she might have had. He’s probably correct.

Palin’s “blood libel” speech continued to keep here in the conversation about Tucson, and not in a positive way.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

Constitutional interpretation is easy, right?

Ohio Congressman Steve Driehaus is suing a pro-life PAC for “defamation” and “loss of livelihood” over its role in his defeat in the 2010 Elections.

Newt Gingrich is drawing fire for his comments about that the President has a “Kenyan world view.” But, will Newt every pay the price for his inflammatory rhetoric ? Don’t count on it.

The scumbags at WikiLeaks have published a huge trove of classified documents provided to them by one or more traitors in our military.

There are some lessons for the blogosphere in this week’s Andrew Breitbart dust-up.

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.