Outside the Beltway

Republicans looking to Benghazi for political ammunition are likely going to be disappointed.

David Ranta spent 23 years in jail because of lying witnesses and corrupt police.

When someone kills himself after being bullied, we rightly condemn the bully. Should we condemn his victim, too?

Another week, another innocent person killed by an NFL player.

Some people on the right apparently want to return to this map.

It’s just a few days until the 2012 campaign ends, and the jostling for position for 2016 begins.

Don’t blame the Defense Department for following a bad law.

Last night’s Vice-Presidential debate was combative, but is unlikely to have a major impact on the race for President.

A corner has ruled the death of a handcuffed man in the back of a Jonesboro, AR police cruiser was a suicide. Needless to say, questions remain.

Don’t look for an effort to enact new gun laws in the wake of the Aurora shootings.

Terror erupted in a Colorado movie theater early this morning.

Sage Stallone, who appeared with his father Sylevester is several films, has died aged 36 of an apparent prescription drug overdose.

A Fortune Magazine investigation puts a new spin on Operation Fast And Furious, but questions still remain.

Another bizarre conservative rant about the President.

Rick Santorum is at the front of a brigade that wants to re-fight the sexual revolution. They’ll lose.

We can feel that we “know” athletes, entertainers, politicians, and others that we’ve followed, rooted for, or whatnot over a period of time and feel a genuine sense of loss when they’re gone.

Rick Santorum now appears to be THE social conservative alternative to Mitt Romney.

One conservative contends that George Bailey is teaching America the wrong lessons.

The capacity of some people to look the other way in the face of evil is astounding.

Air Force personnel charged with transporting the bodies of American soldiers killed in action apparently finds dead American warriors funny.

My wife, Kimberly Webb Joyner, died this morning in her sleep from unknown causes. She was 41.

Was it wrong for the NFL to schedule its opening Sunday on the anniversary of the September 11th attacks?

Honoring the fallen by ensuring that the didn’t die in vain is a recipe for getting more good men killed.

A bomb blast in Oslo’s government center has killed at least two people and a presumably related shooting spree at a nearby children’s camp are being investigated as terrorist related.

So, apparently, Paul Ryan has expensive tastes in wine.

President Obama overruled his top legal advisors in deciding that the Libya operation does not amount to “hostilities” under the War Powers Act.

Thousands of pedestrians are killed in America each year. Are we doing enough about it?

The Supreme Court rules that “offensiveness” does not trump the First Amendment. And they’re right.

A county in the far southwest corner of Virginia is the latest battle ground in the ongoing battle over the separation of church and state.

The prospective Republican field for 2012 is dismal. Then again, it always is.

General Jim Jones is stepping down as National Security Advisor.

The Supreme Court yesterday heard oral argument in a case where being on the right side means supporting some vile people, but that’s what the First Amendment is all about.

The Dallas Cowboys may finally get rid of the green pants for 2010.