Outside the Beltway

Hosni Mubarak may hang on to some semblance of power longer than many expected in the middle of last weeks chaos, mostly because there are few other alternatives right now.

Is the only possible motivation conservatives could possibly have for calling out the lunatic fringe a desire for the acceptance of liberals?

Sarah Palin said something about the crisis in Egypt, but it’s not at all clear what she meant.

The end game in Egypt may be beginning.

Egypt entered a second day of chaos with all signs pointing to things getting worse before they get better.

Glenn Beck seems to have more in common with End Time preachers than he does with a serious political analyst.

Revolutions don’t happen over a weekend.

The coverage of Egypt shows an over-reliance on pundits and an under-reliance on actual experts.

One Republican Congressman is calling on President Obama to stand firmly behind our “friend” in Cairo, even though there’s little evidence we can trust him.

The Obama administration’s slow and cautious response to Egypt’s protest was frustrating. And correct.

Anti-government protests raged in Egypt for a second day, and nobody seems to know where they’re headed.

In chapter three of Liberty and Tyranny, Mark Levin applies his typical standards of logic and evidence to matters of faith.

While our politics are seldom violent, our violence is often politicized.

Andrew Sullivan makes a rather bizarre charge offhandedly: “Who among the neocons would have thought that one of George W. Bush’s final legacies would be bringing pogroms, bombings and genocide to Christians in his new zone of freedom?”

Unless you paid close attention, you probably missed most of the coverage of the war in Afghanistan in 2010.

Fed examiners made a bank take down a “Merry Christmas, God With Us” sign. Then the “system” kicked in.

One has to love the Telegraph headline “Drone kills white al-Qaeda pair in Pakistan mountains.”

Americans’ assessment of Congress has hit a new low, with 13% saying they approve of the way Congress is handling its job.

Is the West’s string of luck about to end?

Joe Ratzinger, the future pope, lobbied hard against Turkey’s membership in the EU.

Did Obama’s tax cut deal demolish the Republican charge that he’s a radical? Not hardly.

Another FBI sting operation results in the arrest of a “terrorist,” or did it create a crime where none existed before?

Somali-born teenager plotted to carry out a car bomb attack at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland on Friday, but the bomb turned out to be a dud supplied by undercover agents as part of a sting.

It’s not hypocritical or racist to support an aggressive pursuit of terrorists while getting outraged over abuses of Americans’ liberties.

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?

An incident at a school in England provides us with an object lesson in why the often derided concept of separation of church and state is an important part of protecting individual liberty.

A new Oklahoma law that bans Sharia law from being enforced in state courts may have some very unintended consequences.

Now that the Republicans have control of the House, wheres the jobs? Why isn’t the economy fixed yet? Why do we still have a deficit? Why are we still in recession? Are Republicans secretly Muslim and trying to ruin our country?

Is the public anger at Obama really just papered over racism?