Outside the Beltway

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

All the available evidence suggest that the Occupy movement has fizzled away into virtual nothingness.

Not surprisingly, people who are politically involved tend to be the ones that politicians listen to.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

More in common than they might think.

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.

Public opinion on the Occupy movement has turned increasingly sour.

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

Chelsea Clinton’s hiring as an NBC personality is another hit for the meritocracy myth.

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.

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

A new poll shows a plurality of people now have an unfavorable view of the Occupy movement.

If Occupy protestors getting hit by cars in two cities is the beginning of a trend, so is a second Iraq War veteran being seriously injured by police during the Occupy Oakland protestors.

So, Occupy protestors in yet another city thought it would be a good idea to get in front of a car.

The tents at Occupy Wall Street are increasingly housing the homeless.

Two Occupy Oakland protestors were hit by a Mercedes-Benz as they were blocking the street.

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

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

What do this people want? Can’t you read the signs?

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

Occupy Wall Street is not motivated by envy of the rich or even animus towards banks.

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.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly canceled a long-scheduled speech to the Wharton Business School after school officials changed the guest list.

There’s no consensus for European-style social democracy or a Randian libertarian paradise.

Does “Occupy Wall Street” really represent the people they claim to be speaking for?

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

Legal guidelines for protestors.

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

The Examiner’s David Freddoso has a few words for the Occupy DC protesters: “Get off my lawn!”

President Obama says he’ll fight for the 99 percent.

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

The Occupy Wall Street movement faces obstacles its Tea Party counterpart didn’t.

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

By looking only in one direction, Occupy Wall Street is missing the big picture.

A change to the Bankruptcy Code could go a long way toward alleviating the burden of student loan debt that seems to be motivating some in the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.

American has real economic and social problems. But the solution in on Capitol Hill, not Wall Street.

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

Protestors have converged on DC, rallying against Afghanistan, Wall Street, and stuff.

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

The Occupy Wall Street protests are, ironically, hurting small business owners and others in the 99 percent.

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.