Outside the Beltway

So, what’s up with Donald Trump’s bizarre hairdo? He insists it’s not a comb-over.

New rules for the 2012 primary open the door for a Tea Party candidate to take the GOP nomination.

David Brooks declares Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty, Mitch Daniels, and Jon Huntsman the only serious candidates for the Republican nomination.

A conspiracy theorist is never troubled by facts.

The birthers are dead (kinda), so long live the transcripters!

A respected liberal blogger thinks Sarah Palin and Donald Trump are the most appalling Americans of our time.

You thought the birther insanity was over? Silly you.

President Obama chided the media for paying too much attention to the birther issue, but his criticism was unwarranted.

Surprising no one, President Obama’s release of his long-form birth certificate has satisfied none of the Birthers.

Why are many of the top Republicans are sitting out the race despite a seemingly vulnerable incumbent?

Trump continues his antics: pulling out 2008 campaign memes and doing his best to paint Obama as a mysterious “other.”

While elite schools confer many advantages on their graduates, they also wall them off from normal people and create an entitled, out-of-touch elite.

Charles Krauthammer called Donald Trump the “Al Sharpton” of the GOP presidential primary contest

What is Donald Trump up to? Only he seems to know for sure.

Donald Trump figures that, because he’s rich, he’s qualified to be president.

With all the birther talk these days, it’s probably time to question whether we even need the “natural born citizen” rule anymore.