Outside the Beltway

If some security “experts” get their way, the security procedures we encounter at airports could start showing up elsewhere. Will Americans stand for it?

As bicycle advocates have been getting new lanes and other concessions in major cities across the country, a minor backlash has formed in reaction.

federal judge on Saturday ordered the website Gawker to pull down unauthorized excerpts from Sarah Palin’s forthcoming book, “America By Heart.”

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.

Arianna Huffington has become an online mogul by convincing big donors to pay her for content others generate for free. Did she steal the idea?

A new survey shows that political ideology leads to different television viewing habits. This shouldn’t be surprising.

The British press takes a look at America’s Midterm Elections.

Theodore Sorensen, a speechwriter and close adviser to President John F. Kennedy, died today at the age of 82

215,000 people attended the “Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear” compared to 87,000 for “Restoring Honor.” Even if you believe the numbers, they don’t tell us much.

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.

While the displacement of poor blacks from their neighborhoods by affluent whites may be lamentable, it’s better than the alternatives.

Justice Alito said recently he won’t be attending the next State of the Union address. Sounds like a good idea to me.

Are we facing a Sharia take-over?

New Jersey’s governor has killed a vital infrastructure project because of huge cost overruns. It’s penny wise and pound foolish.

The Castle Arrghhh OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Why do innocent people confess to crimes they didn’t commit, and what should we do about it ?

Taking a short trip back in time via Instapundit’s archives reveals a September 11th post that turned out to be prophetic.

The media is now starting to look at it’s own role in the whole Koran burning story, but the truth is that there really wasn’t any way they could’ve ignored the story.

A new poll indicates that there are some disturbing motivations that seem to be associated with opposition to the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

How long will we stop annual commemorations on the anniversary of that horrible day?

Capitalizing on the buzz from his weekend rally, talk host Glenn Beck launched a new online magazine called The Blaze overnight.

The controversial Muslim center near Ground Zero may get public financing.

The Cowabunga Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Americans who earn a lot of money disproportionately live in a tiny number of states and are married to other high-earners.

House Minority John Boehner is getting a lot of attention for calling for mass firings at the White House. The real news, though, is that his speech is shifting the focus of the political conversation back to the economy. Which is just what the GOP needs.

Not surprisingly, Radical Islamists are taking notice of the tone of debate in the United States over the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

Glenn Greenwald argues that the “Ground Zero Mosque” debate is about more than just a “mosque” near Ground Zero. He’s right, but that also means the debate is likely to get uglier.

Rick Lazio is running for Governor of New York and he’s found an issue in the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” but it doesn’t seem to be helping him in the polls.

America’s obsession over the fate of the Burlington Coat Factory in Lower Manhattan, and a general rise in anti-Islamic rhetoric, plays right into the hands of the people that are actually our enemies.

Why are people’s views about Islam so screwed up ? Mostly because the only things they know about it tend to be the worst possible aspects of all.

A small slice of what people at the epicenter of the Park51 controversy have to say.

The Associated Press tells its reports to stop using the phrase “Ground Zero Mosque.” That’s a good thing.

If the response to Cordoba House isn’t basically being anti-Muslim, what is it?

Some Republicans are start to wonder if it’s such a good idea for their party to be so closely associated with the heated rhetoric surrounding the future of this former Burlington Coat Factory.

Given public opinion on the proposed Islamic community center that is currently cominating the news, we would expect that opposition to the project would be strongest in Manhattan itself.

The GOP is playing a dangerous game with the anti-Islamic rhetoric that it seems to be courting these days.

If it was called the “Burlington Coat Factory community center” would anyone care about Cordoba House?

President Obama waded into the “Ground Zero” mosque controversy at a Ramadan dinner last night.