Outside the Beltway

Herman Cain’s initial response to the allegations made yesterday leaves much to be desired.

Less than a year ago, Herman Cain was denouncing a tax plan that is remarkably similar to the one he now advocates.

The FARC now has an opening for supreme commander.

Why does wine get so much more written treatment than beer?

What do this people want? Can’t you read the signs?

A new patent granted to Apple raises once again the question of how far patent protections should extend.

Mitt Romney played it safe on a controversial issue again.

Gaddafi is dead, but it was still wrong for the United States to get involved in Libya.

A cute protest sign based on a blog quip has created a minor internet sensation.

Rick Perry has gotten the most and best coverage thus far in the campaign. President Obama has gotten mostly negative coverage.

Herman Cain sings an ode to pizza to the tune of “Imagine.”

The Occupy Wall Street movement faces obstacles its Tea Party counterpart didn’t.

Obama is trying to get into Guinness under “US President with Most Simultaneous Wars”

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.

The British government has worked out a deal to block pornographic websites unless households specifically request them.

The prospects for real economic recovery are not good.

Listing affiliation with gay activist groups hinders one’s chances of landing a job interview.

A meme is emerging that the Occupy Wall Street protests are America’s version of the Arab Awakening. That meme must die.

Beginning with “BREAKING: Witnesses reporting screams and gunfire heard inside Capitol building,” a series of tweets with the #CongressHostage hashtag have been decidedly unfunny.

Dick Morris has a penchant for counter-intuitive analysis. And for being wildly wrong.

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

In a truly bizarre move, Netflix is spinning off the DVD-by-mail business that built them into an international brand and going stream-only. Those wishing to keep getting movies will have to sign on to something called Qwikster.

The Obama campaign’s new “Attackwatch” site is the latest Outrage Of The Day

Is there a trade-off in being polite?

The Texas Governor was taking it from all sides at last night’s Tea Party Debate.

Al Gore Places Infant Son In Rocket To Escape Dying Planet

The 1980 debate between Reagan and Bush compared to the GOP primary debates in 2011 is flabbergasting.

The Sarah Palin bloom seems to be off the rose.

The Maryland Terrapins upset the Miami Hurricanes 32-24 last night in college football’s opening weekend. But all anyone is talking about is the ugly uniforms.

The rapid spread of information on Twitter is challenging POLITICO’s business model.

Why was the ATF allowing thousands of weapons to be smuggled to Mexican drug gangs?

Sarah Palin’s much-anticipated Tea Party speech in Iowa was, in the end, much ado about nothing.

Contrary to myth, the college classroom is a rapidly evolving place.

The latest push for laws against bullying is another example of the Nanny State rum amok.

The White House is still smarting over the fact that they got burned by John Boehner, again.

Supreme Court nominees were confirmed quite easily within recent memory. What’s changed?

What are the contours of “mainstream” religious thought in today’s America?

A case pending in Maryland raises the question of when boorish online behavior crosses the line from protected speech to criminal act.

Political journalists aren’t like you and me. Well, you, anyway.

While Sarah Palin continues to tease her supporters about a possible Presidential run, the damage she could do to the GOP becomes even more apparent.

Her appeal is not her ideas, policies, or achievements but her personality and appeal to the red meat base.