Outside the Beltway

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A long standing rule is finally repealed, but it’s not likely to change your viewing choices.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

The announcement of a potential merger between Burger King and Tim Horton’s has led to much moral preening from the usual suspects.

Fun with praxeology.

While not as big as previous months, the July Jobs Report was still mostly good news.

The U.S. and Europe have announced a new round of sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but it’s not clear that the Russians will be motivated to change course.

Just about two years ago, we dodged a bullet. We might not be so lucky next time.

Ticket collectors at Southwest Airlines are our first line of defense.

Basically, the answer is that nobody really thought there was much of a risk that a plane could be shot down.

Big news, and potentially a big merger, in the entertainment industry.

The English-speaking and Scandinavian countries are very different.

Judging by the early results, the so-called “Right To Be Forgotten” recently created by Europe’s highest court is creating more problems than it will solve.

Does the NBA’s best player have first mover advantage? Or should he take his time?

A US-EU free trade zone is a no-brainer. But the devil is in the details.

A new app allows customers to cut the restaurant reservation line. What could go wrong?

Coming across as uncaring doesn’t help advance your political arguments.

Target is the latest business to ask customers to leave the guns at home when they go shopping.

How long should we expect people to work?