Outside the Beltway

How much should Paul’s newletter and his questionable associations matter?

R.I.P.

Time Magazine has chosen “The Protester” as its Person Of The Year. Let the outrage ensue.

A new set of proposed Constitutional Amendments reveals that many people still don’t understand what Citizens United was about.

Christiane Amanpour, who’s losing audience share for ABC’s “This Week” Sunday show, may be on her way back to CNN.

In a desperate bid to save a floundering campaign, Rick Perry is willing to sacrifice important freedoms.

No, some mythical candidate will not swoop in and save the day for the Republican Party.

The memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor is, inevitably, fading into history.

Newt Gingrich is looking really good in the Hawkeye State right now.

Welcome to the circus. Your ringmaster is waiting.

The Postal Service announced another round of service cutbacks today that are likely to just make the rapidity of its decline increase

Trying to construct Gingrich’s c.v.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

New head-scratching revelations in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case.

Guess who got advance warning of government actions on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis?

A stark account of how American journalism has changed over the last half century.

Life, it turns out, isn’t fair.

Once again, pundits are suggesting that New York’s Michael Bloomberg might run for President. Though nobody seems to be able to explain why.

I liveblogged and tweeted my instant, mostly snarky, reaction to the CNN foreign policy debate. Here are some more fully formed thoughts.

The NYPD is wantonly violating the 1st Amendment.

How did Republicans get in this mess?

The protesters have returned to Tahrir Square, and so has the violence.

It’s hard to see how Newt Gingirch can remain a viable candidate given his past

Now that Occupy Wall Street is unable to occupy Wall Street, its leaders will have to come up with new ways to keep the pressure on. Some crazies are threatening to take the movement over in the meantime.

Public opinion on the Occupy movement has turned increasingly sour.

For the time being, there will be no overnight camping at Zuccotti Park

New York Police dealt a major blow to Occupy Wall Street overnight.

Jon Huntsman’s campaign has never really gotten off the ground. Will conservatives start taking him more seriously?

A three-way tie?

Apparently, the Federal Government believes it necessary to remind you that you can buy Christmas Trees.

Herman Cain response to the latest round of allegations against him leaves much to be desired.

New accusations of inappropriate behavior mean another stressful week for Herman Cain.

The Electoral College doesn’t matter in the way pundits think it does.

Despite the seeming odds against him, the Electoral College map is very favorable for President Obama.

So, Occupy protestors in yet another city thought it would be a good idea to get in front of a car.

Andy Rooney, best known to recent generations as the cranky old man at the end of “60 Minutes,” has died at 92.