Outside the Beltway

The situation in Bahrain continues to evolve as the state has pulled back the stick.

The crackdown in Libya is turning into a massacre.

The Gaddafi regime is facing its most serious challenge in its 41 year history.

The Bahraini state appears willing to continue to use force against its population.

The unrest continues as those killed during protests are buried. Plus some facts about Bahrain.

Like in Bahrain, the Libyan authorities are not tolerating protests.

The protests in Bahrain have taken a different path than those in Egypt.

Ten days is not a lot of time for constitutional reform.

JCPenney used black hat SEO to game Google. But Google’s penalties are arguably just as bad. And what about HuffPo?

The military states that it will govern for six month or until elections are held.

While earlier in the day the indications were that Mubarak was on his way out, Mubarak himself had different plans it would seem. The question becomes: now what?

Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak is expected to step down after 17 days of pro-democracy protests.

DHS Secretary Napolitano issues some vague warnings to Congress.

Egypt entered a second day of chaos with all signs pointing to things getting worse before they get better.

The Egyptian army has publicly ruled out a use of force.

Al Jazeera English is kicking the butts of the American news networks on the Egypt story. Why?

The coverage of Egypt shows an over-reliance on pundits and an under-reliance on actual experts.

Now that the US has ratified New Start, it’s Russia’s turn.

So, Kodak is suing Shutterfly because it claims to have invented the idea of putting pictures on the Internet.

The latest Wikileaks leak is a list of foreign infrastructure sites deemed vital to U. S. security.

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?