Outside the Beltway

Ten Muslim students were found guilty on misdemeanor conspiracy charges for their “plot” to shout down the Israeli ambassador during a speech at UC Irvine.

Does the state have the right to regulate how many people you invite to your home?

Based on the numbers, Barack Obama is an immigration hawk.

A book could be written on this subject, but let me suggest the following as a good place to start

Why even have an electoral college?

Republicans have a plan to wrest half of the Keystone State’s electors from Obama.

Despite previous denials, the White House did in fact intervene in the approval process for a loan to Solyndra.

The President’s jobs push isn’t doing much to help his job approval numbers so far.

The Texas Governor was taking it from all sides at last night’s Tea Party Debate.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

There was a somewhat disturbing moment during last night’s GOP Debate.

America is discovering that throwing money at an industry in the hope it will create jobs doesn’t work.

51.5 percent of Americans disapprove of President Obama’s job performance. It’s still his race to lose.

Is the GOP race really down to just two men at this point?

Many Americans die from preventable dental disease because they can’t afford care.

The connections between the White House and failed solar energy company Solyndra deepen.

Obama’s economic policies are failing because he’s listening to conservatives – not small businesses.

The failure of a solar energy firm in California is raising questions about a centerpiece of the Administration’s economic policy.

How hard is it to schedule one measly jobs speech?

Do the less attractive deserve legal protection? One University Of Texas Profess thinks so.

Tim Cook is succeeding Steve Jobs as head of the world’s biggest technology company. Does it matter that he’s gay?

Details of the President’s jobs plan are starting to leak out, and they’re not looking impressive.

A case pending in Maryland raises the question of when boorish online behavior crosses the line from protected speech to criminal act.

Is the NYPD becoming too much like the CIA?

Is she in or is she out? And does it matter?

What’s the bottom line in the Texas jobs discussion?

The treasurer behind “Rick Parry with an ‘A’ for America” has left to work with Rick Perry

Taking an initial look into the Texas economy.

The IBM PC was introduced 30 years ago. Has its time passed?

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

The second round of the rolling Wisconsin recall elections was held yesterday. The Republicans are still in charge.

The Air Force has suspended a course that teaches nuclear officers that Christian ethics permit them to do their job.

Condi Rice’s speechwriter thinks Huntsman can appeal to the Tea Party.

Now that America’s political leadership have probably averted a self-inflicted global economic calamity, it’s time to assess the winners and losers.

Much like bills named for dead children, there’s a very high likelihood that any bill with “protecting children” and/or “pornographers” in the title is a) a very bad idea, b) a very stupid idea, c) of dubious Constitutionality, or, as here, d) all of the above.

Steven Metz muses, “Scholars argue that too much political mobilization can make democracies dysfunction. Is that where the US is today?”

On paper, the U.S. lost $1.3 billion on the Chrysler bankruptcy, but the true cost is far higher than that.

Does a family court have the authority to tell a parent to delete a blog critical of his ex-wife?

Daniel Indiviglio makes “The Case for Making Wages Public: Better Pay, Better Workers.”

Reports of the death of the space program are greatly exaggerated.

It won’t go anywhere this year, but after 15 years someone is finally trying to repeal a bad law.

Speculation about Michele Bachmann’s health continues.