Outside the Beltway

A new poll indicates that there are some disturbing motivations that seem to be associated with opposition to the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

The controversial Muslim center near Ground Zero may get public financing.

It would appear that the Pauls have different views on Park51.

The only reasons Michael Kinsley can conjure for opposing the Park51 project are bigotry and political opportunism. Unless you’re a really smart columnist.

Representative Ron Paul does not mince words on the subject of the Park51 project.

Yes, when you blame one group of people for the actions of other, especially irrationally so, that qualifies as scapegoating.

Steve Emerson has reportedly found 13 hours of tape of Cordoba Initiative chairman Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and found him to be a “radical extremist cleric who cloaks himself in sheep’s clothing.” Does it matter?

If the response to Cordoba House isn’t basically being anti-Muslim, what is it?

Strippers didn’t attack us on 9/11. Then again, neither did American Muslims.

Tonight’s topics: the Blagojevich verdict, whether lying about military awards should be protected speech, the politics of the Cordoba House project, the coherence or lack thereof of the Obama administration, and whether the United States should be more like Germany.

Given public opinion on the proposed Islamic community center that is currently cominating the news, we would expect that opposition to the project would be strongest in Manhattan itself.

How did the future of this former Burlington Coat Factory turn into a national political issue ? Well, it’s a rather interesting story.

The GOP is playing a dangerous game with the anti-Islamic rhetoric that it seems to be courting these days.

If it was called the “Burlington Coat Factory community center” would anyone care about Cordoba House?

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

Greg Gutfeld claims to be working to build a gay bar next door to the controversial Cordoba House Muslim cultural center a few blocks from Ground Zero.

Hezbollah can tolerate the restoration of a synagogue, but many Americans are apoplectic about a Muslim community center and mosque two blocks from where the WTC once stood.

The Anti-Defamation League has taken an unfortunate stand on a issue involving religious tolerance and bigotry.

Newt Gingrich says that because there are no churches in Riyadh, we shouldn’t allow a mosque in New York.