Outside the Beltway

Has technology robbed us of more than it’s given in return?

Stein’s elitism actually obscured a very sound point hinted at in the title: “Presumed Innocent, Anyone?”

Video calling is becoming widely available. Will it become as common as talking on the phone?

Requiring people with ethical conflicts to disclose them leads to more bad behavior, not less, a new study finds.

With co-frontrunner Mike Huckabee out, Mitt Romney looks stronger than ever.

Newt Gingrich says the coming presidential election will be the most important since the Civil War.

You know those creepy running shoes that look like fluorescent feet? They’re going mainstream.

If former President George W. Bush has any bitterness that Osama bin Laden was finally killed under his successor, he’s not showing it.

Elias Isquith proclaims my Atlantic essay “How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology” to be “a total disaster.”

So, what’s up with Donald Trump’s bizarre hairdo? He insists it’s not a comb-over.

Matt Eckel’s takeaway from my Atlantic piece on How Perpetual War Became U.S. Ideology is that we need a peer competitor.

Christopher Hitchens is losing his voice. He misses it.

Babies “R” Us sells defective, dangerous products. Do not shop there.

And when did it know it?

A comedian-turned-Senator makes some strong points about how America goes to war.

A respected liberal blogger thinks Sarah Palin and Donald Trump are the most appalling Americans of our time.

Why are many of the top Republicans are sitting out the race despite a seemingly vulnerable incumbent?

The NYT says it’s time for U. S. advisers and military air traffic controllers on the ground in Libya.

Barack Obama dressed as a pirate

One can almost hear the pitter-patter of American boots in the distance.

Mobile homes account for nearly half of all tornado deaths in the United States.

Dave Schuler’s a hard man to rile. But stay away from him on tax day.

Public disclosure of campaign contributions makes it easier for incumbents to pressure backers of their opponent.

Agency heads are pleading President Obama’s case in advance of a shutdown.

Another bizarre case from the annals of rogue judges and runaway sentencing.

The re-emergence of Obama foreign policy advisor Samantha Power to prominence has brought critics to the forefront

Modern life requires us to put a high degree of trust in those to whom we delegate responsibility

The experiences of two well-known academics denied tenure at Chicago provide some clues.

Todays’ horrific attack on the UN complex in Mazar-i Sharif may well the the Tet Offensive of Afghanistan: a relatively minor event that permanently changed the American public’s view of the war.

Cruise lines are the latest to create separate enclaves for customers willing to pay more to escape the riffraff.

In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has told prosecutors that they can get away with withholding evidence that clears an innocent defendant and never have to face the consequences of their action. That is an outrage.

Presenting photo identification is not an onerous requirement for voting. But there’s next to zero evidence that fraud is a problem.

Tom Ricks doesn’t understand why we need an exit strategy in Libya.

The Supreme Court will decide whether states may jail parents who fail to make child support payments without providing them an attorney.

Michelle Malkin is unhappy about being part of joke on Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me.

The last chapter of nonfiction books is almost always lousy. Here’s why.

Apparently, being named after the sitting president wasn’t enough to keep Ashbury Park, New Jersey’s Barack H. Obama Elementary School open.

They’re letting anyone into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame these days.

Status report on the damage in Japan.

A new biography of Adolf Hitler analyzes new documents about his World War I service and “concludes that he was not the hero he was later made out to be and that his radicalization shouldn’t necessarily be attributed to his wartime experiences.”

Facebook limits accounts to those who say that they are at least 13 years old. Shockingly, some kids lie to get on the popular social network.

Job interviews, resumes, and all the rest are imperfect ways of matching candidates with employment openings.

The first wave of the tsunami caused by the Japanese earthquake is expected to strike Hawaii at 8:00am EST.

Wisconsin Republicans stripped state employees of collective bargaining rights without the Democratic senators who fled the state to prevent a quorum.

Salmon Khan argues that students should watch videos at night and practice during the day.

All of the plausible Republican contenders for 2012 have significant downsides.

Marizela Perez, Michelle Malkin’s cousin, remains missing. She was last seen in Seattle’s University District Saturday afternoon.

William Easterly identifies the concept of the negative highway, inconvenient connections between Interstate highways seemingly created for the sole purpose of enticing people to shop at local businesses.

The top ranks of the military are whiter and decidedly more male than the country as a whole. Should that change?