Outside the Beltway

Osama bin Laden is dead, but he’s succeeded in changing America for the worse.

Will the successful action against Osama bin Laden cause people on the right to stop believing crazy things about the President? Don’t count on it.

The latest conservative meme seems to be that the White House hates Jesus and the Easter Bunny.

With all the birther talk these days, it’s probably time to question whether we even need the “natural born citizen” rule anymore.

Francis Fukuyama: “In the developed world, we take the existence of government so much for granted that we sometimes forget how difficult it was to create.”

President Obama says he acted in Libya to avert an imminent genocide, but there’s no evidence that any such thing was about to occur.

The only people responsible for the murders in Afghanistan are the people who committed them, but the demagogues like Terry Jones deserve condemnation as well.

If we allow the possible reaction of the most dogmatic, evil people who might hear the message to govern our expression, we don’t have freedom at all.

Todays’ horrific attack on the UN complex in Mazar-i Sharif may well the the Tet Offensive of Afghanistan: a relatively minor event that permanently changed the American public’s view of the war.

Michelle Malkin is unhappy about being part of joke on Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me.

The Obama Administration is asking the U.N. Security Council to authorize direct military intervention in Libya. The question is, why now?

Glenn Beck’s own website discovers some interesting, and ethically disturbing, editing in the latest round of video’s from “ACORN Pimp”James O’Keefe.

John Kerry’s Washington Post op-ed supports U. S. leadership in establishing a no-fly zone in Libya.

An Alabama legislator wants to ban the use of Islamic law in the state’s courts — just in case Muslims take over.

Intervening to “help” the Libyan revolt is very tempting, but it’s a temptation we ought to resist.

Iran doesn’t like the logo for the London Olympics and is threatening to boycott if it isn’t changed.

Muammar Gadaffi’s family hired big name entertainers for parties. What with the ongoing mayhem in Libya, that’s coming under scrutiny.

The uprisings in the Arab world have led some to suggest that the Middle East isn’t “ready” to be free. They’re wrong.

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum thinks we’ve been too hard on the Crusaders.

Muslim cleric Yusuf al-Qaradawi has issued a fatwa against Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi.

There are a number of signs coming out of Libya that indicate the regime is in serious trouble despite the willingness of the state to use violence on the crowds.

The American right has become infected with the notion that Barack Obama isn’t just wrong, but evil. That won’t be healthy in the long run.

Ten days is not a lot of time for constitutional reform.