Outside the Beltway

An lesson from the United Kingdom in the importance of protecting freedom of speech.

A news report today provides an excellent lesson in why all the rushing to judgment in the Martin/Zimmerman case is a mistake.

It’s time to let the legal system do its job.

George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin met on the night of February 27th. Martin died, and a firestorm has erupted.

A tragic incident in Afghanistan that’s likely to have tragic consequences.

One year later, Egypt’s revolution remains unfinished.

The Supreme Court issued a somewhat muddled ruling on GPS tracking today.

Some questions for opponents of the Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United.

Can the government force a criminal defendant to reveal a computer password? A Federal case in Denver is dealing with that question right now.

Domestic dispute or criminal act?

Protesters in the Chinese fishing village of Wukan are now in open revolt against the Chinese government. The government is laying siege to the town.

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

Back in the late 90s, Newt wanted to execute marjiuana traffickers.

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

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

My wife, Kimberly Webb Joyner, died this morning in her sleep from unknown causes. She was 41.

A progressive columnist has been outed as having sympathies for the Democratic Party.

The NYPD is wantonly violating the 1st Amendment.

The calendar favors waiting out the occupiers, not confronting them.

Why we shouldn’t be surprised that police are using tools of violence against protestors.

Further, there was another example of police violence at UCD earlier this week.

I find the rather nonchalant gassing of the protestors by the police officer, as if he is sparying his roses for aphids, to be disturbing.

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.

Is the star witness in the Penn State case changing his story, or just trying to protect his reputation?

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

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

Penn State is cleaning house, including the legendary Joe Paterno.

If true, Joe Paterno’s actions in response to charges of child abuse by a coach are indefensible.

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.

Jerry Sandusky, the longtime defensive coordinator for the Penn State football team, is being charged with eight counts of child sex abuse.

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

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.

In Louisiana, that cash in your pocket is now worthless if you want to buy used goods.

Legal guidelines for protestors.

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.