Outside the Beltway

As of now, there’s no reason to believe that Mitt Romney won’t be the Republican nominee in 2012.

Some Northeastern Senators want to make selling fake maple syrup a federal offense.

Barack Obama uses a teleprompter. This is not a big deal.

There’s no consensus for European-style social democracy or a Randian libertarian paradise.

Is it time to just admit that the good old days are over?

Does “Occupy Wall Street” really represent the people they claim to be speaking for?

A cute protest sign based on a blog quip has created a minor internet sensation.

Legal guidelines for protestors.

Some on the right are giving Occupy Wall Street and The 99%’ers a second look.

The Supreme Court will have another interesting First Amendment case on its docket this Term.

Breaking news: There’s a gay man in Hollywood.

Like his tax plan, Herman Cain’s immigration plan is not serious.

Protests at least loosely affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement were conducted around the globe yesterday.

Rupert Murdoch’s publishing empire is being rocked by a second scandal, this one a scheme to inflate the circulation figures of the Wall Street Journal.

By looking only in one direction, Occupy Wall Street is missing the big picture.

Two candidates face a test tonight.

The Justice Department claims to have disrupted a major Iranian-backed terrorist attack in the United States.

Is Mitt Romney’s religion returning as an issue for Republican voters?

The prospects for real economic recovery are not good.

Even those sympathetic to the causes are frustrated with the squalor and other negative externalities of the protests.

With the advantage of hindsight, it’s clear that more creative strategies were needed. But they probably couldn’t have been passed.

Listing affiliation with gay activist groups hinders one’s chances of landing a job interview.

You think you’ve got it bad at work? Meet Trudy Nycole Anderson.

Is Herman Cain for real, or is this rise int he polls just another boomlet destined to fade away?

The Occupy Wall Street protests are, ironically, hurting small business owners and others in the 99 percent.

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

Some 700 protesters were arrested yesterday afternoon after they shut down the Brooklyn Bridge for 2-1/2 hours, apparently mistaking it for Wall Street.

Pete Gent, the former Dallas Cowboy and Michigan State player best known as the author of “North Dallas Forty,” has died at 69 from pulmonary illness.

And, the week closes out with another round of rumors about New Jersey’s Governor.

Can someone who doesn’t look like a GQ model make it in politics anymore?

There is literally no interest in a Giuliani presidential bid outside of Giuliani and those who might be employed by his campaign.

Last night’s speech at the Reagan Library did nothing to stop people from speculating about Chris Christie’s Presidential plans.

Despite all the negatives going against him, Mitt Romney may yet be the inevitable Republican nominee.

College students finally seem to be listening to the market.

Like clockwork, the arguments for creation of a third party are popping up again.

When the old rules don’t apply anymore, the system breaks down.