Outside the Beltway

Two men were killed last night before they could carry out what appears to be a planned attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas.

Once again, people are demanding to see Barack Obama’s college transcripts for no good reason.

Conservative groups are upset because a new reality show depicts Muslim-Americans as, well, normal Americans.

Newt Gingrich’s foreign policy vision leaves much to be desired.

Gingrich is rising in the polls for reasons that help him in the primary race, but may hurt in a General Election.

Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) took to the floor yesterday to lambaste Grover Norquist and his influence over the GOP.

News that Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was a fan of anti-Islamist sites, including Robert Spencer’s Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs has opened a big can of schadenfreude.

The debate format was the biggest loser last night, but there were a few memorable moments in New Hampshire.

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

The Republicans are increasingly the party of white America. That’s short term good but long term bad for the GOP.

Newt Gingrich for President ? You might want to think twice about that, Republicans.

Are we facing a Sharia take-over?

The Castle Arrghhh OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Newt Gingrich is feeding the fires again, this time claiming that the President may be guided by a “Kenyan,” “anti-colonialist” worldview.

The media is now starting to look at it’s own role in the whole Koran burning story, but the truth is that there really wasn’t any way they could’ve ignored the story.

Over the course of a little more than two hours, the “Burn A Koran Day” story merged with the “Ground Zero Mosque” story in a bizarre media circus that seems to have accomplished little other than give press attention to a bigoted Pastor in Florida.

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

Everyone from David Petraeus to Sarah Palin is speaking out against a nutbag pastor’s Koran burning event. While they’re right, they’re emphasizing the wrong message.

The How Do You Spell Relief? Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Last night’s primaries continued the anti-establishment narrative we’ve seen so far this year, and put both of the statewide offices in Florida in play.

Not surprisingly, Radical Islamists are taking notice of the tone of debate in the United States over the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque.”

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

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.

Rick Lazio is running for Governor of New York and he’s found an issue in the so-called “Ground Zero Mosque,” but it doesn’t seem to be helping him in the polls.

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?

The Associated Press tells its reports to stop using the phrase “Ground Zero Mosque.” That’s a good thing.

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

Rand Paul’s initial mis-steps after winning the Republican primary seem to be largely behind him.

Some Republicans are start to wonder if it’s such a good idea for their party to be so closely associated with the heated rhetoric surrounding the future of this former Burlington Coat Factory.