Outside the Beltway

Madison went to Philadelphia wanting to increase the power of the central government over the states (quite a bit, in fact).

A case pending in Maryland raises the question of when boorish online behavior crosses the line from protected speech to criminal act.

Before achieving astounding success, Steve Jobs had to experience disappointment and failure.

Success in Libya does not make the American mission any less unjustified than it was on the day President Obama announced it.

The climate change deniers aren’t going to like what Chris Christie has to say.

It pays to read a scientific study before commenting on it.

Like Jon Huntsman, Rick Perry has something to say about evolution today and he handled it very differently.

Rick Perry’s vision of capitalism doesn’t exactly comply with what Adam Smith had in mind.

Jon Huntsman just tweeted, “To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.”

The IBM PC was introduced 30 years ago. Has its time passed?

Through 20 years of effort, we’ve successfully trained everyone to use passwords that are hard for humans to remember but easy for computers to guess.

Will the Fed announce another round of Quantitative Easing?

Watching the news and reading the op-eds makes it clear: America is doomed.

We are being warned once again that the Postal Service is on the verge of financial collapse. There really is only one solution.

An amusing claim–but probably not true.

Much like bills named for dead children, there’s a very high likelihood that any bill with “protecting children” and/or “pornographers” in the title is a) a very bad idea, b) a very stupid idea, c) of dubious Constitutionality, or, as here, d) all of the above.

Reports of the death of the space program are greatly exaggerated.

One of the things you learn as a college president is that if an undergraduate is wearing a tie and jacket on Thursday afternoon at three o’clock, there are two possibilities. One is that they’re looking for a job and have an interview; the other is that they are an a**hole.

The Army is fielding tiny blast sensors to gauge the effects of explosions on individual soldiers.

A video of the New York Times website from September 2010 to July 2011.

A Federal Appeals Court says the full body image scanners showing up in airports are Constitutional.

Netflix will charge $7.99 for streaming video; it’s now a $2 add-on.

A space shuttle lifted off for the last time on Friday, and some people seem to think its the beginning of the end of America.

I’m continually shocked when demonstrably bright and accomplished people fall in love with authoritarian states.

Microsoft is making millions from Android phones, despite having nothing to do with designing, marketing, manufacturing, or distributing them.

President Obama wants a million hybrid cars on the road by 2015. That’s easier said than done.

Yet another study shows that people who drink diet soda actually gain weight. But it probably doesn’t matter, since that’s not why people drink them.

160 million girls are “missing” owing to selective abortion and cultural preferences for male children.

If someone had given me ten guesses as to the biggest electricity hog in my house, I’d have never guessed it: The set-top box that houses my DirecTV signal and DVR.

On paper, Jon Huntsman looks like a great General Election candidate. The problem is it seems impossible for him to win the GOP nomination.

When everyone can record video at any time and post it for all the world to see, is there such a thing as privacy anymore?

The Internet’s dot.com period may be under assault, as brand-specific domains become available.