Outside the Beltway

A very suspicious “suicide” in police custody.

Is the the 2012 Republican Presidential ticket? We’ll find out Saturday morning.

CNN’s Fareed Zakaria looks to be caught in a bit of a plagiarism scandal.

The most recent round of national polling seems to show that the negative attacks on Romney are having an impact.

After two-and-a-half years and who knows how many taxpayer dollars spent trying to prove criminal wrongdoing, the SEC fell short.

The Obama campaign told a few fibs in its effort to distance itself from a controversial Priorities USA ad.

A Pro-Obama SuperPAC is out with what may be the most despicable ad so far this election cycle.

Breaking: The American press often does a lousy job.

Publishing unsubstantiated rumor is not journalism.

NBC’s Olympic coverage doesn’t necessarily recognize the realities of social networking and the 24 hour news cycle.

Why the hell is CNN—which purports to be a news organization—pretending that NBC is live casting the Olympics?

Because of a culture where being first is more important than being right, ABC News made a few mistakes in its Friday morning coverage of the Colorado shootings.

It would be nice if people who make authoritative decisions had some idea what they are talking about.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

Once again, the usual suspects are exploiting tragedy for political purposes.

Terror erupted in a Colorado movie theater early this morning.

Antonin Scalia says Supreme Court justices have a collegial relationship and make decisions based on legal philosophy, not politics.

The prosecutor in George Zimmernan’s case has made public “evidence” that will likely never be admitted at trial, but which could prejudice the case immensely.

Reporters covering the 2012 election are letting the campaigns control what they report to a disturbing degree.

The Romney campaign went on television to address the Bain issue, but again they just seem to have muddied the water.

Mitt Romney’s campaign is mishandling their response to the Bain story, and hurting the candidate in the process.

Congress seems to have gotten the message the Supreme Court sent last month about the Stolen Valor Act.

Add journalism to the list of professions Americans don’t seem to have much confidence in.

A case study in what’s wrong with the “Breaking News” media.

Joe Paterno’s legacy is likely to take a lasting and damaging hit when a report on Penn State’s handling of the Sandusky mess is released.

The GOP’s arguments about the impact of ObamaCare on Medicare are dishonest and hypocritical.

There are signs out there that people are becoming some what more optimistic about the outlook for the economy.

We’ve reached the point where public figures coming out of the closet is barely news anymore, and that’s a good thing.

Jerry Sandusky is in jail, but the evidence of the crimes that were committed to protect him continues to mount.

Obama holds up “MANDATE STRUCK DOWN” headline from CNN in “DEWEY BEATS TRUMAN” photoshop

Three swing state poll results should be raising some real concerns among Team Romney today.

Byron York reacts to a CNNMoney story titled “Government wants more people on food stamps” by snarking, “And Democrats reacted angrily when Gingrich called Obama ‘food stamp president.'”