Outside the Beltway

Turnout to date for the 2014 primaries is at record lows, but its unclear what that tells us about November.

Rather than being a bad thing, negative campaigning is an essential part of our political system.

New technology doesn’t mean that the laws don’t apply.

A committee of journalists who work in the “traditional” media has once again denied press credentials to SCOTUSBlog.

As a legal matter, the new allegations against Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker don’t amount to much. But, will they impact his bid for re-election.

Does encouraging binge watching make sense for Netflix?

If someone had seen the signals, perhaps Bowe Bergdahl never would’ve wandered off base and gotten captured.

The news gets worse.

A Tea Party battle in the Cornhusker State

The Tea Party challenge to Mitch McConnell has not exactly gone as planned.

Adding paywalls isn’t stopping the decline of the newspaper industry.

Mitch McConnell’s hopes to become Senate Majority Leader could hinge on what happens in his own state and in Georgia.

Apple’s “1984” Super Bowl commercial ran only once, but it remains in a class by itself.

Wonkblog’s founder is leaving the Washington Post to start a new media outlet of his own.

Blogging has changed much over the last decade, and not all for the good.

Nearly six months later, it’s hard to find any good in the July military coup in Egypt.

The FCC is looking at re-examination of its sports broadcast rules. The NFL and other sports leagues should do the same thing.

It’s the return of the most absurd meme of all time.

The Federal Exchange website seems to be functioning better, but many questions about implementation of the PPACA remain to be answered.

Once dominant atop the smartphone market, Blackberry seems to be counting out the days until its demise.

Managers want their employees to get off email and pick up the phone.

A lot of new jobs are being advertised but not many people are being hired to fill them. Peter Orszag doesn’t know why.

For a guy who just bought a newspaper, Jeff Bezos wasn’t too optimistic about their future less than a year ago.

A business move that signals the continuing death of the newspaper industry.

Would your cable bill be cheaper if you could just subscribe to the channels you wanted to watch?

Every piece of mail you send and receive is being logged by the Postal Service.

Even the national sport is arousing the anger of the protesters in Brazil.

Have we all been fooled by a 75 year old marketing campaign?

Jean Stapleton, an accomplished stage and screen actress who achieved entertainment immortality playing opposite Carroll O’Connor as Archie Bunker’s long-suffering wife Edith, has died at the age of 90:

Virginia’s voters really don’t seem to like their choices for Governor.

The Virginia GOP’s nominee for Lt. Governor could pose a problem for the party.

Critics are assailing Disney for turning “Brave” protagonist Merida into just another princess.

POLITICO is joining the stampede toward metered paywalls. In a twist, it will remain free in regions where it’s most popular.

John McCain is taking a break from advocating yet another war in the Middle East to make war against cable television companies.

The man who changed the way Americans viewed newspapers, just before newspapers themselves began getting pushed aside by technology, has died at the age of 89.

The days of free news on the Internet may be coming to an end.