Outside the Beltway

When the CFTC wanted to change a rule, Jon Corzine used his influence to stop them.

The tents at Occupy Wall Street are increasingly housing the homeless.

When in trouble, sue the messenger.

Governor Brewer (R-AZ) called a special session of the Senate to remove the chair of the independent redistricting commission. She didn’t like the districting map that was produced.

Did Congress cause the mortgage crisis by mandating loans to poor people? No.

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

Why does wine get so much more written treatment than beer?

A righteous movement risks derailment by a handful of thugs and reprobates.

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

What do this people want? Can’t you read the signs?

As the season changes, the Occupy Wall Street movement seems destined to peter out.

Unnamed “sources” claim that ACORN is somehow behind Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots.

Banks have more money than they can lend out profitably.

Rick Perry’s tax plan isn’t very impressive.

If Republicans keep looking for the next Ronald Reagan, they’re going to be disappointed for many reasons.

Quite improbably, Herman Cain remains at the top of the GOP field.

Yes, again with the EC.

Many of the Republican candidates for President advocate ideas that would restrict the power of the Federal Judiciary.

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.