Outside the Beltway

Anti-government protests raged in Egypt for a second day, and nobody seems to know where they’re headed.

The American public still has a totally unrealistic view of what it will take to get the Federal Government’s fiscal house in order.

So, if Hispanics formed a political party, what do you think it should be called?

A top Saudi cleric says nothing in the Koran forbids women from driving cars.

Should blogs and other online forums ban anonymous comments?

Afghans in two crucial southern provinces are almost completely unaware of the September 11 attacks on the United States and don’t know they precipitated the foreign intervention now in its 10th year, a new report showed on Friday.

Food prices are rising in China. For us higher food prices mean we get fat a little more slowly; for a poor Chinese family it means starvation stalks a little closer.

It appears that full body scanners, operated by leering yahoos under the cover of government authority, may finally be rousing the sheep who have meekly submitted to the absurd delays and indignities that have been piled on since 9/11 and sundry botched attempts.

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner held a private, off-the-record meeting in comedian Jon Stewart’s office back in April. Speculation abounds.

Rasmussen polls were biased toward Republicans by 3 to 4 points. Rigged results? Or screening error?

Perhaps the dumbest study ever published in the Lancet compares the negative effects of alcohol and illicit drugs without controlling for incidence.

Four news items and articles about China that have caught my eye.

The controversial Muslim center near Ground Zero may get public financing.

Another set of bad economic numbers are out today, and one wonders when we’ll start getting the good news.

Remember when dealing with the utterances of Hugo Chávez that you should take them with a grain of salt (or twelve).

Despite her mis-steps, Sharron Angle still has a shot at beating Harry Reid in November

France’s Christophe Lemaitre became the first white man to run the 100 meters in under 10 seconds when he clocked 9.98 on Friday. Untold blacks have done it since 1968.

There are further signs that the economy will remain anemic through the end of 2010, if not longer.

The Democratic Senate primary in Arkansas may have been influenced by questionable poll results from Research 2000.

Elena Kagan is not telling the truth when she says her politics are “completely separate” from her judging.

Both President Obama and General McChrystal handled a bad situation incredibly well.