Outside the Beltway

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

Some 700 protesters were arrested yesterday afternoon after they shut down the Brooklyn Bridge for 2-1/2 hours, apparently mistaking it for Wall Street.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Are colleges teaching the right lessons about the 9/11 attacks?

Richard Cohen reports that people like Richard Cohen have lost their enthusiasm for Barack Obama.

The Solyndra case is a classic example of what’s wrong with “government investment.”

With a hurricane bearing down on the East Coast, the House Majority Leader is engaged in an accounting exercise.

Prosecutors as asking a Judge to dismiss all charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn, because that’s their only option.

While it’s always dangerous to extrapolate too much from high profile cases to the system as a whole, the strange case of Dominque Strauss-Kahn practically invites it.

The New York Times keeps digging up new facts about yesterday’s shocking reversal in the Dominque Strauss-Kahn case.

Remember Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the arrogant French aristocrat whose career was ended by a courageous chambermaid, shedding light on a corrupt social system? A funny thing happened on the way to the slammer.

After a week of denial, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted today that he had engaged in online relationships with several women.

Gil Scott-Heron, most famous “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died at 62.

I get the impression that a lot of people don’t even know what “the 1967 borders” are or why they tend to be considered the logical point of departure for any type of peace negotiations.

A judge granted Dominique Strauss-Kahn bail on Thursday, allowing the former managing director of the International Monetary Fund to be freed from Rikers Island to stay in a Manhattan apartment while his sexual assault case is pending.

Bowing to the inevitable, Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned overnight as head of the IMF amidst high-level calls for his ouster in wake of a rape scandal.

Rand Paul has borrowed a bad idea from the 2008 Presidential campaign.

Some French politicians and intellectuals seem offended that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being treated like a common criminal.

Are we safer in high population areas?

Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg is catching some flak for complaining that he’s “struggling like everyone else” despite a net worth in the millions.

Republicans are starting to sour on Sarah Palin, meaning that they’re finally starting to catch up to the rest of the country.

The in-dash CD player is being rapidly phased out.

The post-Sputnik innovation wave was sparked by government investment, not the entrepreneurial spirit.

The Hope and Chain Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Actor Alec Baldwin is among hundreds being targeted by New York City for tax evasion. Is it reasonable to have to prove where you live?

Defying logic, New York City taxis are least available when they’re most needed: as people are getting off work.

Wealthy Manhattanites are clamoring for a new status symbol: their own washer and dryer!

One of the most active American diplomats of the past twenty-five years has passed away.

Some DC based hipsters want to know why America doesn’t have good pubs like in London. It turns out, they’re everywhere.