Outside the Beltway

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

The devil is in the details of what the legislature passes, but Indiana’s Governor has essentially conceded defeat in the battle over his state’s controversial new “religious freedom” law.

Can a country entry reap the benefits of the connected age while successfully tying down the Internet?

The head of Blackberry thinks he can save his company by getting the government to force others to make content for Blackberry phones

Reversing a previous decision, Sony will allow The Interview to be screened in a small number of theaters.

The Commerce Department had a Christmas present for investors, businesses, and consumers today.

For a year that started out with regaining long-lost territory in Ukraine, 2014 is not ending so well for Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

Columbus, Philadelphia, or New York City (well, Brooklyn really)?

The Fourth and Fifth Amendments do not prevent the police from compelling you to unlock your phone if you used fingerprint scan technology to lock it, Virginia Judge has ruled.

Another example of the silliness of the “trade deficit” concept.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has officially revealed an open secret.

For the ninth time since 1974, the next Governor of Maine will likely be elected with less than 50% of the vote.

Law enforcement remains unhappy about the recent changes that will make it harder to break into a locked smartphone.

Attorneys for celebrities caught up in the leak of nude photographs are targeting Google.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

A recent change by Apple is good news for advocates of privacy and civil liberties in the Internet Age.

A nation known for adopting new technology is behind the rest of the world in one interesting way.

Apple announced a stunning array of upgraded and new products yesterday.

The firing actually hurts Janay Rice much more than it does Ray.

The announcement of a potential merger between Burger King and Tim Horton’s has led to much moral preening from the usual suspects.

A case pending in Federal Court in Washington, D.C. could pose new legal problems for the Affordable Care Act

Modern devices are more fragile, frustrating, and resource intensive than those of a decade ago.

Hobby Lobby wins, but it’s unclear just how far this opinion will go.

Some old fashioned political arm twisting has up-ended the apple cart in Richmond.

How the richest man in the world quickly changed the education curriculum in 45 states.

Sooner or later, the Supreme Court will have to rule on a challenge to state laws banning same-sex marriage.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that will likely be this era’s version of the Betamax case.

Can you still buy batteries there, though?

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

Tonight, the American political system stops to engage in the biggest waste of time ever invented.

Apple is pledging to fix a bug in iOs 7 that I have never experienced and never heard of.

The advice “Do what you love. Love what you do” is not without pitfalls.

Seven years ago, Steve Jobs showed us that we could literally hold the world in the palm of our hand.

An example of how copyright laws have been perverted to protect corporate interests rather than encourage artistic creativity.

Some signs from Silicon Valley seem to indicate that the heady days of the 90s Tech Bubble are returning.

Why is Apple unable to meet the demand for its products?

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