Outside the Beltway

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

The cover-up at Penn State was, if anything, worse than we thought,.

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.

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

More evidence of the extent to which Members of Congress have profited from the inside information they receive.

Justice.

Thomas Friedman continues his quixotic quest for a third party. His candidate: a fantasy Barack Obama.

Etan Patz went missing 34 years ago tomorrow morning. The mystery of his disappearance may have been solved today.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

Eduardo Saverin has become a political whipping boy.

Nicholas Katzenbach, a central figure in the civil rights fights of the 1960s, has died.

Five suspects have been arrested in a plot to blow up a Cleveland bridge.

Thanks to a media that focuses obsessively on irrelevancies, we now have a permanent political silly season.

New video plus a basic primer on Ron Paul’s newsletter situation.

A smoking gun?

The CIA’s drone war in Pakistan has gotten so out of hand that the Pentagon and State Department are reigning it in.

What’s the logic behind Iran’s alleged plot to commit terrorist attacks inside the United States?

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

When the FBI essentially creates a terrorist in order to arrest him, have we really accomplished anything?

Beginning with “BREAKING: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building,” a series of tweets with the #CongressHostage hashtag have been decidedly unfunny.

Rezwan Ferdaus, an American Muslim, has been charged with a major terrorist plot against his country.

The execution of Troy Davis brings back to the forefront the reasons why the death penalty is inherently flawed.

The FBI has been using some odd materials to train its counterterrorism agents.

More pay for play at the White House?

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

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

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

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Government workers are among society’s favorite whipping boys. Why?

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?

Iraq has become so dependent on Iran for its survival that it is endorsing the brutal tactics of Bashar Assad.