The Internet is a weird place.

Six weeks ago, we held a non-binding referendum asking Americans who they’d like for president. Yesterday, the real election was held.

Conor Friedersdorf contends “The U.S. Already Had a Conversation About Guns—and the Pro Side Won.”

Germany recognizes a right to use pseudonyms online and has ordered Facebook to honor it.

Joe Lieberman has had a change of heart on term limits: He’s now for them.

Gabrielle Ludwig played college basketball as a man 25 years ago; now, she’s playing as a woman.

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

Another day, another shooting spree in America.

Mitt Romney’s campaign is wildly overcharging the media for the privilege over covering them.

Almost a decade ago, Roger Ebert wondered if making mass murderers famous doesn’t provide a perverse incentive.

For weeks now, I’ve found Gmail virtually unusable. I’ve tried switching back to Firefox from Chrome. I’ve tried turning off Google Labs. Nothing seems to work.

Today, there are many millions of Americans who can tell one Kardashian sister from another, but have no idea that Barack Obama has compiled the worst presidential record since Jimmy Carter.

While no official announcements have been made, President Obama’s second term national security team appears to be taking shape.

Remember when the Bush administration was spying on calls Americans made overseas without a warrant? Those were the good old days.

Richard Lugar puts in a word for compromise and good governance on his way out of the Senate.

Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates is bemused that the generals who worked for him lived more lavish lifestyles than he did.

It’s okay to criticize military veterans–even if you never served in the military.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

Couples of the same sex can marry at the West Point chapel, they’re treated much differently under the Defense of Marriage Act.

How two head coaches got struggling NFL teams ready to play one day after the shocking death of a teammate.

The National Intelligence Council has released its quadrennial strategic forecast, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.

A new poll finds strong support for raising taxes on other people and staunch opposition to cutting programs that benefit themselves.

The title of most impressive Heisman winner of all time goes to Pete Dawkins, who won the award in 1958.

Johnny Manziel won the Heisman Trophy last night, becoming the first “freshman” to do so.

Another week, another innocent person killed by an NFL player.

Pennsylvania Republicans want to do the right thing for the wrong reason.

A outline of a deal both sides could live with.

Charlie Crist, run out of the Republican Party, is now a Democrat.

Blake Hounshell finds the footnotes in Andy Carvin’s latest book somewhat amusing:

Somebody drove a car into a McDonald’s in DC’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, prompting Ryan Lizza to quip, “This time Michelle Obama’s gone too far.”

The Air Force has a leadership crisis.

Why the bureaucratic tyrants at the FDA regulate your yuletide drinks.

Kobe Bryant is one of only five NBA players to score 30,000 points and the youngest to achieve the milestone.

My first piece for the New York Daily News, “A Drone Strike on Democracy,” has posted.

Want to teach political science for a living? Go to one of a handful of top schools or don’t bother.

Ross Douthat says American women should stop being decadent and have more babies.

NATO has agreed to deploy Patriot missiles along the Turkey-Syria border to protect Turkish airspace and territory, while making clear no escalation is intended.

In a show of marketing savvy that put Detroit where it is, Lincoln is rebranding itself as Lincoln.

It seems that FreedomWorks is imploding in the wake of Dick Armey’s sudden resignation.

The New York Post splashed the photo of a man pushed in front of a train on their cover.

Outgoing Senator Jim Webb is making another attempt at passing the Stolen Valor Act, deemed unconstitutional last year by the US Supreme Court.

Elections put the players in office. They don’t dictate the outcome of the game.

House Speaker John Boehner has purged the body’s key financial committees of members of his caucus that didn’t toe the line.

Actress Ashley Judd is reportedly considering a run for the United States Senate.

Dick Armey has resigned as chairman of Tea Party group FreedomWorks over unspecified principles.

Whenever a Republican mentions the ‘Bush tax cuts,’ they should also talk about going back to the ‘Clinton tax rates.’

A photograph of a New York cop putting boots on a homeless man went viral. The man remains bootless, however.

The new psychiatric diagnostic manual does away with some common ailments and adds some new ones.

In a NYT op-ed titled “The Monster of Monticello” Paul Finkelman expresses his befuddlement that people play down Thomas Jefferson’s legacy as a slave owner.

Ronald Reagan won the tax fight. The debate now centers on whether to continue cutting taxes or slightly reverse the trend.