Outside the Beltway

A Bangladeshi man was arrested yesterday in New York for an apparent plot to bomb Federal Buildings. The entire plot was an FBI sting operation.

So, apparently there’s a shortage of the goop that turns coffee into a $4 pumpkin-flavored milkshake. And grown ass men are upset about it.

The Occupy movement began one year ago today. It’s no surprise that it ended up being a failure.

Michele Bachmann and several other Members of Congress are engaging in the despicable tactics of Joe McCarthy.

How would modern Republicans treat Ronald Reagan and his Vice-President?

Etan Patz went missing 34 years ago tomorrow morning. The mystery of his disappearance may have been solved today.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.

Recipe plagiarism and a bonus tale.

If you agree to work for nothing, don’t complain you’re being “exploited.”

The outpouring from my Twitter stream yesterday on the news of the death of Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys, surprised me.

The majority of all rapes in America take place in prison. Which means the majority of rape victims are likely men.

In the 1980s, Americans were bowling alone. Now, we’re living that way.

Like many Republicans before him, Newt Gingrich is trying to claim the mantle of Reagan. He is the one least entitled to it.

Newt Gingrich’s ideas about the role of the judiciary are very dangerous.

Conservative groups are upset because a new reality show depicts Muslim-Americans as, well, normal Americans.

Welcome to the circus. Your ringmaster is waiting.

New head-scratching revelations in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case.

Once again, pundits are suggesting that New York’s Michael Bloomberg might run for President. Though nobody seems to be able to explain why.

Now that Occupy Wall Street is unable to occupy Wall Street, its leaders will have to come up with new ways to keep the pressure on. Some crazies are threatening to take the movement over in the meantime.

For the time being, there will be no overnight camping at Zuccotti Park

New York Police dealt a major blow to Occupy Wall Street overnight.

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

A righteous movement risks derailment by a handful of thugs and reprobates.

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

A cute protest sign based on a blog quip has created a minor internet sensation.

Some on the right are giving Occupy Wall Street and The 99%’ers a second look.

Protests at least loosely affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement were conducted around the globe yesterday.

A plan to clean the park at the center of the Occupy Wall Street protests has been postponed.

Even those sympathetic to the causes are frustrated with the squalor and other negative externalities of the protests.

The Occupy Wall Street protests look more like a temper tantrum than a substantive protest movement.