Outside the Beltway

President Trump’s private phone calls are apparently a major source of intelligence for foreign nations.

Minority rule and self-reinforcing cleavages are not a a healthy combination.

Debunking a theory for why the Kavanaugh nomination was supposedly “rushed.”

Amazon has joined Apple to become the second American corporation to reach $1,000,000,000,000 in market valuation.

In an obvious effort to pander to the city’s taxi industry, New York City is placing new limits on ride-sharing services such as Uber and Lyft.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Forty-two years after being founded in a California garage, and twenty years after nearly going broke, Apple Computer has become the first publicly traded company to top $1 trillion in value.

Next term, the Justices will revisit the issue of whether someone can be tried in state and Federal Court for the same crime for the first time in nearly sixty years.

It may be my favorite Star Wars film since ‘Empire Strikes Back.’

Tomorrow, Irish voters will head to the polls to decide whether or not to scrap a Constitutional Amendment that bans abortion in essentially all circumstances.

An important message from Josh Marshall.

In a new book, Senator John McCain makes an announcement that everyone was anticipating.

The next time you sign a credit card receipt could be the last.

A decryption device called GrayKey is being used by all manner of government agencies.

Begun the trade wars have.

This is from the band Jack Levitt off their 2007 release “Conversations With A Chupacabra.”

More than a dozen companies have ended relationships with the gun rights organization and protesters are demanding more follow suit.

Nick Statt argues that the iPhone X is just too nice to ruin with a plastic case.

The tragedy in Florida last week revealed once again how hyperpartisanship is destroying our politics and harming the country.

Have we reached the point where the processing speed, connectivity, and cameras on our smart phones are simply good enough?

A government panel has mandated a 50% increase in the revenue share streaming services pay songwriters and music publishers.

An increasing number of businesses are refusing to accept cash as payment, that raises some interesting social and legal issues.

Based on his just released opening testimony, tomorrow’s testimony by Former F.B.I. Director James Comey is likely to be explosive.

Time For The Monday OTB Caption Contest^TM

Another step toward making it easier to cut the cord.

An unusual, if not unexpected, mass firing at the Justice Department on Friday afternoon.

President Trump has issued a revised ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim nations.

Godspeed, John Glenn.

A Trump surrogate warns of a “taco truck on every corner” if Trump loses. That sounds like more of a promise than a threat if you ask me.

Sprinter Oscar Pistorius served only one year in prison after being convicted of manslaughter. Now, he’s facing fifteen years in prison after being convicted of murder in the same case.

The cartoonist and student of human psychology is fascinated by the con artist who would be president.

With Donald Trump now confirmed as the GOP nominee, some conservatives are suggesting that the Senate GOP should just give in on the nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court.

One of the pioneers of the technology revolution of the past four decades has passed away.

A Federal Judge in New York has denied an F.B.I. request to force Apple to extract data from iPhones involved in a Federal drug case.

Apple is resisting a Federal Court order that it assist the F.B.I. in decryption of the iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino terrorists.

Houston voters rejected a broad anti-discrimination law largely due to a campaign that focused almost exclusively on concerns about transgender rights.

Paul Ryan’s admission that immigration reform will not happen as long as Barack Obama is President simply reflects the reality of immigration politics in Congress.

From now on, you’ll just have to read it for the articles.

Well, that didn’t take long.

Taylor Swift is taking a stand against Apple’s new streaming music service, and she’s largely right.

Iowa Republicans may be a day away from putting the Iowa Straw Poll out of its, and our, misery.

It’s getting easier and easier to cut the cord.

Another poll shows that Republicans are largely out of step with public opinion on the question of whether businesses should be free to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings.

New allegations regarding foreign government donations to the Clinton Foundation seem likely to become a campaign issue.

We’re down to debating whether bigots should have to sell cakes to gay people.

Arkansas, North Carolina, and Virginia may soon see the same battle over RFRA laws that is playing itself out in Indiana