Outside the Beltway

Not surprisingly, the Federal investigation of the Michael Brown shooting is ending much like the state investigation did.

He’s tan. He’s rested. And, apparently, he’s ready. Mitt Romney seems very interested in 2016 all of a sudden.

New details in the shooting of 12 year old Tamir Rice raise more questions.

The news cycle in 2014 seemed to be dominated by a series of real and phony “crises” that grabbed our attention for short periods of time.

NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car In Brooklyn. And those suggesting that anyone other than the killer has “blood on their hands” are being absurd.

An Oberlin College student makes it clear just why she needs an education.

Despite opposition from both Republicans and Democrats, the compromise budget resolution passed narrowly last night, but not without some last minute drama

Apparently, law schools are in the business of coddling their special snowflake children now.

It looks like Congress has averted a budget fight for the second straight year.

Many have suggested that prosecution of cases involving police misconduct should be handled by prosecutors who don’t work with local police departments on a regular basis. They’re right.

Not surprisingly a new poll finds that African-Americans perceive the American justice system far differently than whites.

A former RNC chair says a black man’s life isn’t worth a ham sandwich.

A New York City Grand Jury refuses to indict a cop who appears from all available evidence to choked a guy to death for no good reason.

Michael Brown’s stepfather made incendiary comments in the wake of the Grand Jury announcement, but they do not amount to a crime.

The man who shot and killed Michael Brown has resigned, but that’s unlikely to satisfy protesters who still seem to be demanding criminal charges that are never going to come.

Well, so much for that “people’s revolt” that brought down a military dictator.

Next week, the Supreme Court will be asked to determine the line between free speech online and criminal threats

Regardless of the outcome of the Michael Brown investigation, there are legitimate problems that need to be addressed.

Not surprisingly, last night’s announcement that there would be no state court indictment in the Michael Brown shooting led to violence and confrontations with police. That’s not going to solve any of the real problems that face Ferguson, or any other community in the United States.

A not unexpected decision from the Grand Jury that investigated the Michael Brown shooting.

The House Intelligence Committee has concluded that the conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11/2012 attack in Benghazi are not supported by the evidence. That’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind, though.

All the warnings of violence in the wake of an expected imminent announcement from the Grand Jury in the Michael brown case could become self-fulfilling prophecy.

We appear to be just days away from an announcement from the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting, and the consensus seems to be that there will be no indictment at all.

The White House is now leaking out details of what seems like an inevitable decision by the President. How it plays out politically, though, is the big question.

What if the Grand Jury investigating the Michael Brown shooting fails to indict Officer Darren Wilson? We may find out if newly leaked evidence is accurate.

CNN’s effort to bring back a show that had outlived its prime years ago has, predictably, failed.

The Roberts court has been very good on First Amendment issues, but it needs to address the First Amendment issue right outside its front windows.

The Turks have entered the conflict in Syria. Unfortunately for the United States, it’s not on the side we would prefer.

The numbers don’t lie.

A desperation move by NBC News?

The F.C.C. will be considering a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

In the current situation, speaking out forcefully as some are demanding can only do more harm than good.

The streets of Hong Kong have been filled with protesters upset over China’s efforts to control the city’s political future.

While the world pays attention to Syria and Iraq, Yemen is once against lurching into chaos.

There is a good possibility that Darren Wilson could be acquitted in the shooting of Michael Brown.. Are the protesters ready to accept that reality?

What you think about the events in Ferguson depends quite a lot on whether you’re black or white.

The situation in Ferguson, Missouri isn’t calming down.

The shooting of Michael Brown is just another example of an ongoing problem.

Does Hillary Clinton remember that she was Secretary of State for four years?

Once something that generally benefited Republicans, social issues are now becoming a wedge issue for Democrats.

Hopes for a temporary respite in the Gaza conflict faded away today.

Trying to make sense of a very complicated issue.