Outside the Beltway

We need to remember who actually sets the budget and, further, who is ultimtately responsible for the behavior of politicians.

The 2012 GOP nominee will have to raise $300 million and assemble a top-notch staff.

For many Ph.Ds, the Ed.D. represents the ticket to the administrative high life, the white flag to academic scholarship, and the tramp stamp of the compromising careerist.

The next-generation iPhone 5 is rumored to have a 4 inch screen and even a slide-out keypad.

Michael Medved wishes that conservatives would stop implying that the President of the United States wants to destroy the United States.

Andrew Sullivan is finally fed up with Barack Obama.

Shirley Sherrod’s lawsuit against Andrew Brietbart promises to be an interesting test of the boundaries of defamation law in the political blogosphere.

President Obama’s new budget involves nothing less than a thumb in the eye of anyone who hoped he would seriously address federal spending in his first term.

A new poll finds that Republican policies on immigration are chasing Latino voters straight into the arms of the Democratic Party.

Ezra Klein dubs the Federal government “an insurance conglomerate protected by a large, standing army.”

I have banned a couple of serial violators in recent days after various warnings, deletions, and other signals failed to do the trick.

Haley Barbour is making all the moves toward a 2012 Presidential run, but his stand on immigration issues could pose a problem in the Republican primaries.

Polls matching President Obama against potential Republican contenders are entertaining but not informative.

Mob Boss Tommy Shots Gioeli Blogs From Jail

Newt Gingrich is very popular among young conservatives. But two ugly divorces will keep him from being a contender for the presidency.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 could be a Google killer. It could also kill the Web as we know it.

What people (or transitional governments) say isn’t ultimately the issue. What they do is.

A few thoughts/historical examples, as to why I am guarded in my optimism on Egypt.

President Obama is proposing to cut billions of dollars from the Pell Grant program, making it harder for kids from poor families to attend college.

JCPenney used black hat SEO to game Google. But Google’s penalties are arguably just as bad. And what about HuffPo?

Later this week, Clarence Thomas will have gone five years without asking a question during oral argument at the Supreme Court. Is that really a big deal?

The military states that it will govern for six month or until elections are held.

The in-dash CD player is being rapidly phased out.

Ron Paul has won the CPAC straw poll for a second straight year. But YAF has voted him off its board over his opposition to the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Knowing his downfall was imminent, the former Egyptian dictator moved vast wealth out of rich of Western governments.

The Obama Justice Department says it can look at phone records without warrants or judicial oversight.