Outside the Beltway

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.

President Obama ended the tradition of native costumes for the APEC Summit.

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

A three-way tie?

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

Penn State is cleaning house, including the legendary Joe Paterno.

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.

It is not unreasonable for Cain to look at the Perry campaign as the source of his current woes.

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.

Are America’s political parties become irrelevant?

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

Would Republicans really be crazy enough to nominate Herman Cain?

Banks have more money than they can lend out profitably.

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.

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

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

The BBC is reporting that rebels claim to have captured the ousted leader of Libya.

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?

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

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

One of the less ballyhooed parts of ObamaCare has been tossed aside as too expensive before it even went into effect.

A plan to clean the park at the center of the Occupy Wall Street protests has been postponed.

After a lengthy wait, free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea have been approved by Congress.

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.

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

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.