Outside the Beltway

The labor laws apply no matter what business you’re in.

Obama proposes four ‘net neutrality’ rules.

Why do most people think success is mostly due to merit?

Another mostly good, but not great, jobs report.

Another example of the silliness of the “trade deficit” concept.

We are obviously moving toward an era of streaming and other services that don’t rely on Cable/Satellite providers, but it will still take some time to get there and for it to be cost effective.

A pair of accidents has led some to wonder if we are at the end of commercial ventures in space. Clearly, we are not.

Another setback for commercial space ventures, the second this week and this time with tragic consequences.

Not too long ago, Trick Or Treating didn’t mean getting candy produced by large corporations.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

Not surprisingly a Federal Judge has blocked New Jersey’s latest effort to legalize sports gaming. As a matter of policy, though, there’s no reason it shouldn’t be legal to place wagers on sporting events.

Have digital books rendered the publishing houses obsolete?

All of the major sports leagues are trying to stop New Jersey’s efforts to legalize sports gambling. They should not be allowed to succeed.

A travel ban sounds like a simple solution to a complex problem. Like most simple solutions, though, it becomes far less appealing when you think about the details.

One day after HBO, CBS announces its own streaming service. And the future approaches just a little bit faster.

The start of a trend? Probably.

A national sandwich chain makes its employees sign a very restrictive covenant not to compete. It’s probably not enforceable.

Their places are being filled by students who pay higher tuition rates.

Frank Foer proclaims, “Amazon Must Be Stopped. It’s too big. It’s cannibalizing the economy.”

A desperation move by NBC News?

Attorneys for celebrities caught up in the leak of nude photographs are targeting Google.

People possess a strong reciprocity instinct and are much more likely to purchase a product if they’ve taken a free sample.

The end of an era.

Amazon warehouse workers want to be paid for time going through security checks to leave work.

The idea that the N.F.L. “doesn’t pay taxes” is largely false.

After a disappointing August, the jobs report for September showed the same good numbers we’ve seen for much of 2014.

Closing down international air travel won’t stop Ebola from becoming a bigger public health threat.

The F.C.C. will be considering a petition to ban the word “Redskins” from the airwaves.

A long standing rule is finally repealed, but it’s not likely to change your viewing choices.

Trending on Twitter this morning is a collection of infographics compiled by Ezra Klein under the heading “22 maps and charts that will surprise you.”

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

As we head into a new conflict, perhaps we ought to give more thought to fiscal issues than the President is to overall strategy.

Jess Zimmerman offers “An ingenious way to save the comments section,” if she does say so herself.

A recent change by Apple is good news for advocates of privacy and civil liberties in the Internet Age.

A nation known for adopting new technology is behind the rest of the world in one interesting way.

A scandal erupted when the Chinese people learned their leaders were flying first class and staying in five-star hotels. Problem solved!

The summer of 2014 was the worst Hollywood has seen since Bill Clinton was President. It’s pretty easy to figure out why.

Alabamians like to exclaim, “Thank God for Mississippi.” Perhaps it’s time for that slogan to cross the Pond.