Outside the Beltway

Wouldn’t it be easier to bury the power lines instead of dealing with storm damage and week-long power outages seemingly every year?

Does talent spawn growth? Or does growth attract talent?

Are the Stuxnet and Flame attacks the opening shots in a dangerous new era of secret war?

Congressmen are investing hundreds of millions of dollars in stock in companies over which they have oversight. And it’s perfectly legal.

There is no evidence that the Capital Punishment works.

In March, Janet Wolfenbarger became the first female four-star general in Air Force history. Now, she’s assumed command of all Air Force weapons programs.

Why isn’t the American middle class and working class angrier at the 1 percent?

NASA was in need of new telescopes and got a helping hand from their good pals at the DoD.

In, “Squeezing out the doctor,” The Economist looks at the future of medicine and sees a declining role for physicians.

The United States may have slowed down Iran’s nuclear program without firing a shot–not counting the one at our own foot.

SpaceX’s Dragon has shown us what the future can look like.

The first shots have been fired in cyberspace. How will it end?

The Virginia Department of Transportation is seeking to raise money for toll roads through a user tax on their best customers.

The economic statistics aren’t pointing in a very optimistic direction.

Will more knowledge bring an end to the public debate over evolutionary theory? Don’t count on it.

Meet Flame. A cyber threat that makes Stuxnet seem like child’s play.

Eugene Polley, the inventor of the first wireless TV remote control, has died aged 96.

The Internet is public and forever. But maybe it shouldn’t be.

Google’s Chrome browser has overtaken Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to become the most used browser in the world.

The private office is quickly becoming a relic, despite the loss of morale and productivity that comes from open floorplans.

Americans Elect is dead. This should surprise nobody.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin denies that his motivation for renouncing his US citizenship was tax avoidance.

With Facebook’s huge IPO in the news, Megan Garber takes a look at how much the Internet has evolved since Thefacebook came on the scene.

Will Twitter impact the 2012 elections? The evidence seems thin that it will.

Dish Network is offering customers a DVR that will skip commercials. I’m sure their content providers are thrilled.

The next generation search engine may not point to Web pages at all.

Mitt Romney is being rightfully ridiculed for trying to take credit for saving General Motors and Chrysler.

Not only does yogurt make mice slimmer; it also makes them sexier.