Outside the Beltway

Google erects some much-needed defenses in the optimization arms race.

A look at history reveals that President Obama’s decision to decline to defend Section Three of DOMA is hardly unprecedented.

Several “correct” answers on the American citizenship test are technically incorrect.

The situation in Libya continues to be grim as Gaddafi lashes out while power slips through his fingers.

Frying bacon in a pan is messy and often results in mangled, charred meat. Scott Vermeire says you’re probably doing it wrong.

LTC Michael Holmes, the fellow who accused LTG William Caldwell of ordering him to perform psychological operations on Members of Congress, is not trained in psyops.

The Social Security “trust fund” may actually be worse than worthless.

Christopher Lee abruptly resigned from Congress mere hours after news broke that he was advertising for sex on Craigslist. Apparently, he was looking for trannies.

Players have taken control of the NBA from the owners. That’s bad for fans. But probably a good thing.

Yet again: to the Commerce Clause!

Nine years into a war that seems to be without end, it’s time to declare victory and go home.

Opposition to marriage equality is no longer the wedge issue it used to be.

President Obama’s decision to decline to defend Section Three of the Defense Of Marriage Act on appeal was a proper and appropriate exercise of his authority as President Of The United States.

A former Democratic state attorney general thinks Wisconsin’s Republican governor may have violated state ethics laws while on a prank phone call.

Wisconsin’s taxpayers are paying 100 percent of the cost of the benefits programs for state employees. But the benefits amount to a payment in kind.

Some conservatives are finally waking up and realizing what people like Glenn Beck are doing to the movement. It’s probably too late, though.

Judge Gladys Kessler upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate, but she did so by essentially ruling that the Interstate Commerce Clause means whatever Congress wants it to mean.

The Media Bloggers Association has filed an amicus brief against a company which exists for the sole purpose of suing bloggers.

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

The U.S. housing market is a long way from the glory days of the housing bubble, and that’s a good thing.

Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum thinks we’ve been too hard on the Crusaders.