Outside the Beltway

Two Occupy Oakland protestors were hit by a Mercedes-Benz as they were blocking the street.

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

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.

Occupy Wall Street is not motivated by envy of the rich or even animus towards banks.

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor abruptly canceled a long-scheduled speech to the Wharton Business School after school officials changed the guest list.

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

Legal guidelines for protestors.

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

The Examiner’s David Freddoso has a few words for the Occupy DC protesters: “Get off my lawn!”

President Obama says he’ll fight for the 99 percent.

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

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

A change to the Bankruptcy Code could go a long way toward alleviating the burden of student loan debt that seems to be motivating some in the “Occupy Wall Street” movement.

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

Protestors have converged on DC, rallying against Afghanistan, Wall Street, and stuff.

The Occupy Wall Street protests look more like a temper tantrum than a substantive protest movement.

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.

Ten Muslim students were found guilty on misdemeanor conspiracy charges for their “plot” to shout down the Israeli ambassador during a speech at UC Irvine.

The execution of Troy Davis brings back to the forefront the reasons why the death penalty is inherently flawed.

President Obama explained his position on the Palestinian statehood resolution today, but one wonders if anyone listened.

Foolishly, the Palestinians are going forward with their effort to get Palestinian statehood recognized by the United Nations.

A Wisconsin DOT official sent out a memo telling DMV staffers not to volunteer the availability of free voter identification cards.

Democrats are fearing the President’s jobs plan will be underwhelming. Based on initial reports, it looks like their fears are well-placed.

Environmentalists are upset by President Obama’s decision to abandon stringent new smog regulations, but he made the right decision.

Ensuring the integrity of the voting process is a worthy goal, not evidence of discrimination.

After months of fits and starts, it appears anti-Gaddafi forces are on the verge of victory.

The U.S. and its allies are calling on Bashar Assad to step down, but there’s little we can do when he says no.

International options with respect to Syria are limited and likely to have little impact on the governments treatment of civilians.

After years of becoming more inclusive, the Conservative Political Action Conference is closing itself off to opposing points of view.

Will the trial of Hosni Mubarak actually change anything?

The world is starting to denounce the crackdown in Syria, but the reaction seems unlikely to go much beyond strongly worded statements.

Workers picketing a Chicago Hyatt hotel yesterday got an unpleasant surprise: Heat lamps.

Do people who take advantage of tax breaks get a “government benefit”?

The Supreme Court struck down a ban on the sale of violent video games to children, a victory for the First Amendment and parental authority.

When everyone can record video at any time and post it for all the world to see, is there such a thing as privacy anymore?