Outside the Beltway

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

College students finally seem to be listening to the market.

Yes, Barack Obama is running for a second term.

The Obama campaign’s new “Attackwatch” site is the latest Outrage Of The Day

In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will examine the question whether police can track people via GPS without first obtaining a warrant.

With most of the public looking at the future and not seeing anything good, the President is suffering

How a six hour long dispute over scheduling demonstrates yet again that Barack Obama isn’t up for the fight.

A new look at Clarence Thomas’s 20 years on the Supreme Court, from a critic, is surprisingly positive.

What are the contours of “mainstream” religious thought in today’s America?

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

My first piece for CNN has been posted at Fareed Zakaria’s Global Public Square.

In the book he released last year , Rick Perry advocated far reaching changes to the Constitution.

President Obama is back on Martha’ Vineyard for a ten-day vacation. The usual suspects are upset.

So, you want a career in foreign policy field and are weighing your options….

The Obama re-election campaign is preparing an extraordinarily negative campaign against Mitt Romney.

Congress is failing to complete even simple tasks thanks to a bitter partisan divide.

Once again, the debt ceiling deal is raising questions about the President’s leadership.

Chris Christie and Rahm Emanuel are being criticized for the brusque manner they handled questions about their children’s education.

Workers picketing a Chicago Hyatt hotel yesterday got an unpleasant surprise: Heat lamps.

Not surprisingly, people still order that big juicy cheeseburger even after being told it contains over 1,000 calories.

The biggest news story of the past six weeks was something completely trivial.

Barack Obama’s leadership style may be his undoing.

How many Texas politicians does it take to screw in a non-communist light bulb?

Tammy Duckworth has resigned as Veterans Affairs assistant secretary and may make another bid for Congress.

Tim Pawlenty’s new fiscal plan isn’t very grounded in reality.

Austan Goolsbee is resigning as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors to return to the University of Chicago.

While Gerrymandering Congressional districts to benefit incumbents and the dominant party in the state legislature is an old game, they play it with especial intensity in Illinois.

And even more bad news.

Gil Scott-Heron, most famous “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” has died at 62.

A profile of George Mason economist and blogger Tyler Cowen offers this amusing description: “Cowen, 49, has round features, a hesitant posture, and an unconcerned haircut.”

Mitt Romney sent some leftover pizza to President Obama’s Chicago re-election team.

A study shows that most national columnists and talking heads are about as accurate as a coin flip.

The free market in action.

We’re approaching the point where those job approval numbers start to matter, and President Obama’s are heading down again.

Should kids be required to buy their lunch at school rather than bring whatever their parents might pack for them to eat?