Outside the Beltway

The poll numbers look grim for the President, but it’s still far too early to be making predictions about the 2012 elections.

Under pressure from the Feds, the NCAA is cracking down on colleges who put women’s games ahead of men’s games, which some say relegates them to “warm-up act” status.

Bill Kristol and friends are trying to make it politically toxic to criticize Israel.

Judge Walker lifted the stay on his Order declaring Proposition 8 unconstitutional, but the big news may be the procedural defect that could doom any appeal.

Republicans should hammer big themes — the loss of jobs, the poor health of the economy, reckless spending, increasing the size/scope of government, and tax increases — and avoid getting bogged down in policy details this campaign season.

There’s not as much conservative unity on the gay marriage issue as there used to be.

Shockingly, the Tea Party as a generic movement is more popular than congressional leadership. Interestingly, the Democrats are still slightly more popular than the Tea Party and the Reps are in third.

Jon Stewart and “Senior Black Correspondent” Larry Wilmore eviscerate Maxine Waters’ claims that she and other corrupt members of the Congressional Black Caucus are being investigated for ethics charges because she’s black.

According to a new poll, 87% of border residents feel safe.

The American Family Association has ramped up the nation’s anti-Muslim sentiment yet again.

According to a new MSNBC/Wall Street Journal poll, the public that will head to the polls in November is increasingly gloomy and pessimistic.

Democrats are currently engaged in a circular firing squad.

Every new report out of Iran seems to bring us closer to the moment when Israel has decided it’s heard enough. What happens if that day actually happens ?

You aren’t allowed the sing the Star Spangled Banner at the Lincoln Memorial.

The results of last night’s Colorado Senate primaries should be causing Democrats to worry.

The average federal government employee earns twice as much as the average private sector worker. An outrage? Not so much.

Another round of primaries last night made the playing field for November just a little bit clearer to see.

There isn’t as much GOP unity over the idea of changing America’s citizenship rules as you might think.

The White House seems to be getting annoyed at the criticism coming it’s way from the left.

Former Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was one of nine people on board a plane that crashed in a remote area of Alaska overnight.

Attractive women face discrimination when applying for “masculine” jobs. The benefit from their attractiveness in all other jobs, however.

Conservatives seem very eager for Hillary Clinton to get back on the campaign trial, but it’s not going to happen.

Tish Long, the new director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), is the first woman to head a major U.S. intelligence agency.

Remember when dealing with the utterances of Hugo Chávez that you should take them with a grain of salt (or twelve).