Outside the Beltway

Sarah Palin had a very good track record in her primary season endorsements, but it’s not at all clear that she will have much of an impact on the 2010 General Election.

At least one Christine O’Donnell supporter thinks that Republicans who aren’t jumping on are bandwagon are doing so because of her gender.

Newt Gingrich is drawing fire for his comments about that the President has a “Kenyan world view.” But, will Newt every pay the price for his inflammatory rhetoric ? Don’t count on it.

Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin held a rally on the National Mall, but at times it sounded more like an old-time religious revival than a modern political rally.

Should FOX News, which is obviously pro-Republican, have a front row seat in the White House press room? Of course.

Glenn Greenwald argues that the “Ground Zero Mosque” debate is about more than just a “mosque” near Ground Zero. He’s right, but that also means the debate is likely to get uglier.

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

America’s obsession over the fate of the Burlington Coat Factory in Lower Manhattan, and a general rise in anti-Islamic rhetoric, plays right into the hands of the people that are actually our enemies.

Why are people’s views about Islam so screwed up ? Mostly because the only things they know about it tend to be the worst possible aspects of all.

Twenty percent of Americans still believe that Barack Obama is Muslim. Not only is it wrong, it says something rather disturbing about our country.

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

You heard it here first, the GOP will not gain control of Congress in 2010.

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

You aren’t allowed the sing the Star Spangled Banner at the Lincoln Memorial.

Jenny, the hottie who quit her job in style using a dry erase board and became an Internet sensation, is actually an actress named Elyse Porterfield.

The White House seems to be getting annoyed at the criticism coming it’s way from the left.

Protests against mosques aren’t just limited to Manhattan. And that’s a problem.

Immigration “moderate” Lindsey Graham is suddenly sounding not so moderate.

Can a public university expel a student for a religiously-motivated aversion to homosexuality?

Republicans are much closer to America’s political center than Democrats.

The Lt. Governor of Tennessee suggested recently that religious freedom possibly shouldn’t apply to Muslims, but he’s only part of the problem.

Contrasting the treatment of two DOJ stories is a case study in media bias.

JournoList may not have been a conspiracy, but it was an example of what you might call an the closing of the journalistic mind.

Some American atheists are using hair dryers to reverse childhood baptism.

JournoList’s archives have been making headlines at The Daily Caller, but there doesn’t seem to be any substance to the allegations of scandal.

Among the other lessons it teaches us, the Shirley Sherrod incident shows that the Obama Administration is seemingly becoming weaker by the day.

Journalism and the New Media combined in a feeding frenzy yesterday and a woman lost her job. She probably shouldn’t have.

Some Republicans in Congress are worried they won’t be able to control the future Congressmen and Senators that the Tea Party might be sending to Washington.

One conservative argues that the “scandal” over the New Black Panther Party’s alleged voter intimidation is a tempest in a teapot.

Did felons voting illegally put Al Franken over the top in Minnesota? Probably not.

If Jon Kyl’s recent comments are any indication, Republicans haven’t learned their lesson just yet.

The Fox News headline “University of Illinois Instructor Fired Over Catholic Beliefs” is grossly misleading.

Bill Kristol’s hero of the Revolutionary Era is Alexander Hamilton. Who is yours?

One year ago today, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska after only 2 1/2 years in office.

The most shocking news about Larry King’s retirement announcement was the realization that he was still on the air.

If one wants to be a US Senator, one is going to have to learn to talk to the press.