Outside the Beltway

Part two of the ongoing series blogging Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny.

Sarah Palin was “interviewed” by Sean Hannity last night. I doubt she helped herself.

More on the strategery of civility.

The American media and Sarah Palin have developed an odd symbiotic relationship, and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Bipartisan seating at the State Of The Union is a pointless act of political theater. Then again, so is the State Of The Union Address itself.

One columnist argues that Sarah Palin’s response to the Arizona shootings mark the end of whatever political future she might have had. He’s probably correct.

After five days of nonsense, President Obama’s address in Tucson last night struck exactly the right tone.

America’s foremost tax foe has weighed in on the Afghanistan War debate.

The political firestorm that has erupted in the wake of the shootings in Arizona is drifting, inevitably, into calls for more government control over the content of speech.

The relationships between inflammatory rhetoric and political violence is complicated.

While our politics are seldom violent, our violence is often politicized.

It was, perhaps, inevitable that someone would attempt to draw a comparison between Saturday’s shootings in Arizona and the Oklahoma City bombing, but the two events really don’t have anything in common.

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.

The debate over heated political rhetoric has now led one Pennsylvania Congressman to suggest that some speech should be banned. This must stop now.

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

The shooting of Representative Giffords is tragic and undeniably political. Still, we need to be cautious about accusations and speculation.

When determining the effects on the deficit of a certain legislative action, both revenues and spending have to be accounted for. Indeed, you can’t determine whether there is a deficit, surplus or balanced budget without both variables.

Freshman Members of Congress are threatening to block a vote to raise the debt ceiling that Congress will have to take by this Spring. They’d be irresponsible if they did so.

The seemingly sensible end-of-life counseling that was originally part of the Health Care Reform Bill is making a comeback.

Contrary to current conservative talking points, Net Neutrality is not a nefarious government scheme to takeover the Internet, but is aimed to address a real problem. Like most ideas that involve the government, though, it doesn’t really address the real source of the problem; not enough freedom

The internal debate in the Republican Party over the tax cut extension deal with President Obama is serving as a preview of some of the battles that may erupt during the race for the party’s nomination in 2012.

John Boehner’s whining about being called a “hostage taker” by President Obama is reminiscent of Newt Gingrich’s whining about being “snubbed” on Air Force One.

Krauthammer thinks Obama tricked the GOP into agreeing to Stimulus II.

As things stand right now, the dynamics don’t look good for President Obama in 2012

Don Surber imagines this edition of “Hardball.”

Republican maneuvering to extend the Bush tax cuts for all Americans appears about to pay off.

Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough wants the GOP to stop kowtowing to Sarah Palin and her acolytes. He’s right.

NATO-Russia cooperation on missile defense is a welcome step forward.

The first civilian trial of a Guantanamo detainee ends with the Defendant being acquitted on all but one charge, and shows us why the entire process is little more than a show trial.

Rush Limbaugh is apparently not impressed with Barack Obama’s presidency. That doesn’t make him a racist.

The response from social conservatives to the call for a truce on social issues is about what you’d expect.