Outside the Beltway

The decision to split Netflix into two companies makes no sense. Unless you look behind the scenes.

Derek Thompson argues that “the real reason Americans fell so squeezed” is our obsession with productivity.

Government workers are among society’s favorite whipping boys. Why?

Every episode of every live action Star Trek series is now free for streaming from Amazon.

Examining the impact of current events requires stepping back from them just a little bit.

Borders Books is closing, because the free market works.

Stephen Bainbridge has a new e-book out about a 25-year-old Delaware Supreme Court case.

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

Go The Fuck to Sleep, the children’s book aimed at parents, has become an Internet sensation and reached #1 on Amazon well before its release owing to a leaked copy.

Go the Fuck To Sleep is a bedtime book for parents who live in the real world, where a few snoozing kitties and cutesy rhymes don’t always send a toddler sailing off to dreamland.

Video entertainment is moving in two seemingly opposite directions simultaneously.

The iconic WKRP in Cincinnati is not being syndicated or available on DVD in its original format because it’s classic rock soundtrack is hamstrung by copyright laws and music licensing fees.

Is Libya a war? Hell yes, Libya is a war.

In less than two weeks, much of the content of The New York Times will go behind a paywall.

An offhand comment in my post “Obama Killed Cap’n Crunch” sparked inquiries about the fate of the General Mills line of cereals featuring monster characters.

You can log in any time you like. But can you ever leave?

WikiLeaks has been dumped from Amazon’s servers.

Yesterday’s outrage of the day involved an odd book written by a creep, and it has lessons galore for everyone.

Amazon is making the complete “I Love Lucy” television series — a whopping 5394 minutes of entertainment on 34 discs — available for one day only at $84.99.

Congress has been wrestling with the net neutrality issue for years. Two major players may force a decision soon.

Electronic books outsold paper books on Amazon over the past three months, but the death of the hardcover is greatly exaggerated.

Is Google manipulating its search results to keep competitors down? And does its market dominance mean the government should step in?

Starting in November, we’ll get a look inside the mind of one of America’s most fascinating writers.

After 69 years fighting crime in a star-spangled bathing suit, Wonder Woman will get a super hero costume.

In conjunction with Father’s Day, the Obama administration unveiled Fatherhood.gov, a website offering advice to men on raising kids. Why is this a job for the federal government?