Outside the Beltway

Good for her.

Political reality shows us that the shootings in Charleston are not going to have any appreciable impact on the likelihood of any type of gun control law passing anywhere outside of the bluest of the blue states.

An important tenet of the internet is “don’t read the comments.” Well, I have violated that rule of late–which means more musings on the symbols of the CSA.

As Governor Haley pushes the South Carolina legislature to take the Confederate Flag down, the movement moves beyond the Palmetto State.

President Obama gave an interesting and somewhat unusual interview to a podcaster late last week, but the media is obsessed over a single word.

The debate is ultimately academic.

With notable exceptions, most of the Republican candidates for President are refusing to take a stand on the propriety of South Carolina flying the Confederate Flag. That’s called cowardice.

It’s been obvious from the moment the news broke that the murders in Charleston were rooted in racism, but some Republicans have had trouble acknowledging that.

The murders in Charleston have revived a debate that should have been over a long time ago.

A word that has come in recent years to be used to refer chiefly to Muslim fanatics obviously applies to a man who murdered nine people because they’re black.

It could cost you $250 to say “F- Arlington” if you happen to be in Arlington when you say it.

A black leader is running a billboard campaign to improve his community. Racism ensues.

I have been reading, mostly in passing, a number of pieces about an alleged new climate on college campuses in which students are raising significant complaints due to difficult or emotionally sensitive material. The latest example did not impress me.

The “racism” debate brought about by Barack Obama in 2000 is getting a spin-off.

Many of America’s top law firms have declined to accept cases defending bans on same-sex marriage, and that’s okay.

Yet another example of the need for context when discussing stats.

But, hey, don’t worry, there’s nothing racial going on here. Nothing at all.

Even innocent interactions with women in public can amount to harassment. Where should we draw the line?

There’s more to life than politics. Unfortunately, there are many Americans who don’t seem to recognize that fact.

Everything old is new again.

The classic “Tom and Jerry” cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s come with a “racial prejudice” warning from Amazon.

Only one man can say that he has both recorded a jazz album with Lady Gaga and liberated a Nazi death camp.

These segments are usually unfair; they outdid themselves this time.

The “open and free” Internet is an ideal type, not a myth.

A major voting rights ruling out of North Carolina.

Mississippi goes from bizarre to, well, even more bizarre.

TNR makes the worst possible case for a proposition that’s almost certainly right.

A great American writer has passed away.

Once again, Washington politicians are pontificating about the Washington Redskins.

Once again, Rand Paul is challenging conservative orthodoxy.

I’m uneasy about a world in which a private conversation, illegally recorded, can be used in this fashion.

Not only does the headline-making rancher have unique views on the nature of both grazing fees and the federal government, he has some positively retro (to use a kind word) views on race.

Perhaps some justice for the casualties in the War On Drugs

Today in “Dumb Things Republicans Say.”

An opportunist ruins a good joke and hijacks an important discussion.

A Pentagon Equal Opportunity training manual points out the obvious.

History matters.

Conservatives are doing what the criticized JournoList for doing—even though JournoList didn’t.

We’ve still got a long way to go.

President Obama has once again weighed in on the Trayvon Martin case in a personal manner.

Evidence that George Zimmerman acted out of racial bias is completely lacking, which means the Federal Government should stay out of this case entirely.

The jury likely got it right. That doesn’t mean George Zimmerman didn’t kill Trayvon Martin or that Martin deserved to die.

Your latest Outrage Of The Day.

If there’s one thing that our generals and admirals agree on it’s that generals and admirals should retain their power.

President Obama delivered another powerful speech on race.