Outside the Beltway

As in Baharain, the Libyan Government has reacted violently to the populist uprising sweeping the Arab world. The difference is the Libyans are doing it largely without anyone noticing

The protests in Bahrain have taken a different path than those in Egypt.

Thanks to the help of a group of Tea Party Freshman in the House. Congress has finally cut off funding for a second engine for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter that the Pentagon never wanted.

Ten days is not a lot of time for constitutional reform.

The success of Christian conservatives in blocking efforts to legalize Sunday alcohol sales in Georgia demonstrates why concentrating solely on national politics is a mistake.

Knowing his downfall was imminent, the former Egyptian dictator moved vast wealth out of rich of Western governments.

The Obama Justice Department says it can look at phone records without warrants or judicial oversight.

The Egyptian military is promising a quick transition to new civilian leadership. Will they live up to their promise?

While the jubilation in the streets of Egypt is fully warranted, make no mistake: the next move (indeed, the next several) belong to the military.

The media are wildly exaggerating the heckling at a gathering of conservatives.

Hosni Mubarak refuses to step down. Things in Egypt may be about to get bad.

Predicting (after a fashion) what the SCOTUS will do with the PPACA and a return to the Commerce Clause and the activity/inactivity disucssion.

Oddly, the Democratic Party seems to be responding to the 2010 midterms by moving further left.

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.

If Mubarak is driven from power, will that make Egypt a case of “revolution”?

While most Americans consider themselves “conservatives,” some conservatives exclude most Americans from the definition.

The end game in Egypt may be beginning.

Virginia will petition the Supreme Court to bypass the normal appellate process and hear the appeal of its lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act early.

Today, Egypt seethed with rage, and the United States lost patience with its ally in Cairo.

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s speech to the nation tonight seems destined to make the situation worse.

The Egyptian army has publicly ruled out a use of force.

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

Once again, it looks like efforts to reform the Senate’s filibuster rules have fallen victim to that old devil politics.

Inevitably, the Nazis made an appearance during yesterday’s debate over health care reform in the House. It’s time for it to stop, or at least time for the rest of us to stop taking seriously anyone who resorts to such arguments.

There is a problem with political rhetoric in this country, but telling people to be nicer to each other isn’t going to cool it down.

150 years ago, President-Elect Abraham Lincoln was presented with a chance to avert Civil War. He passed it up, and we should be glad that he did.

The sitting RNC chairman is losing to a field of no-name candidates. Is he actually the favorite?

Over the past two days, Sarah Palin has become the center of the media firestorm over the tragic shootings in Arizona, she doesn’t belong there.

Palin’s infamous “target” poster recycles a theme used by both parties over the years.

More tortured logic on the issue of the filibuster.