Outside the Beltway

There’s no doubt about it, our political culture is pretty horrible.

The Obama Administration’s response to the protests in the Muslim world has been entirely wrongheaded.

The Administration’s narrative regarding the attack that resulted in the death of Ambassador Christopher Stevens no longer holds water.

Capitulating to a mob is never a good idea.

For the fourth day, American and other embassies became the focus of mass protests in many Muslim nations.

One Professor suggests we sacrifice yet more of our freedom in the wake of the embassy protests in the Middle East.

TSA agents detained a woman for having the audacity to drink her water rather than hand it over for testing.

As the final stretch of the campaign begins in earnest, Mitt Romney faces a very difficult task.

Depending on what time you watched any of last night’s proceedings in Charlotte, you got a very different experience.

The GOP (and our politics in general) will not be healed until there is an honest assessment of what government is (and is not).

After three days of buildup to a “mystery speaker,” the closing night of the Republican convention featured a rambling performance by Clint Eastwood and an empty chair.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

Once again, Chris Christie makes one wish there were more Republicans like him.

Two liberal columnists say a recent Mitt Romney ad proves he’s out of touch—and implies that he’s running a racist stealth campaign.

A recent decision out of Massachusetts threatens to make business quite difficult for online service providers.

Mitt Romney continues to keep Donald Trump close. It makes no sense, but it isn’t likely to matter in the end.

The phrase “American Taliban” is usually off the mark. However, sometimes it is closer to the mark than we might like.

A North Carolina teacher screamed and cursed at students for criticizing President Obama.

Yesterday, Cory Booker committed the rookie mistake of saying what was on his mind.

A pro-Republican SuperPAC may be bringing the Jeremiah Wright story back. That would be bad news for the Romney campaign.

The GOP’s response to the Obama campaign’s Osama bin Laden ad has not been helpful.

The student-athlete fairytale is true. Except where you would reasonably expect it to be a lie.

Roger Ebert and I don’t agree on much, from politics to movies. But share a fondness for Samuel L. Jackson and a contempt for George Zimmerman.

Mitt Romney’s campaign gives us a lesson in how not to stage a “major” economic speech.

Once again, Ron Paul showed last night why he could never win the Republican nomination.

Apparently, people who work for the government are surfing the World Wide Web.

OTB is available on Google Currents.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

Is technology making retail politics less important?

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the green beret as the official headgear of US Army Special Forces.

Now that Occupy Wall Street is unable to occupy Wall Street, its leaders will have to come up with new ways to keep the pressure on. Some crazies are threatening to take the movement over in the meantime.

A trailer for Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox using dialogue from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

Last night’s debate was about more than Rick Perry’s gaffe.

Another potential problem for the Cain campaign.

Andy Rooney made his last appearance as a regular commenter on “60 Minutes” last night but says he’s not retiring because “writers don’t retire.”