Outside the Beltway

Contrary to current conservative talking points, Net Neutrality is not a nefarious government scheme to takeover the Internet, but is aimed to address a real problem. Like most ideas that involve the government, though, it doesn’t really address the real source of the problem; not enough freedom

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

The most walkable cities in America are also the most successful.

One simple proposal on the size of the House of Representatives.

Has WikiLeaks changed journalism forever?

Those of us who think we’re overreacting to terrorism should remember that we’re in a tiny minority.

The Obama administration is banning hundreds of thousands of federal employees from calling up the WikiLeaks site on government computers because the leaked material is still formally regarded as classified.

A document uncovered in a Freedom of Information Act request demonstrates the extent to which Federal law enforcement works outside the requirements of the Constitution.

Bridget Terry Long, a professor of education and economics at Harvard, argues that we should give prospective college students and their families better information on such matters as loan burdens, graduation rates, average class size, average aid package, salaries earned and positions held by recent graduates, and alumni satisfaction.

The Pentagon could have taken down WikiLeaks but decided not to. Out of kindness, I suppose.

Is President Obama’s Federal pay freeze a sign that he’s moving to the right, or just pointless symbolism?

Food prices are rising in China. For us higher food prices mean we get fat a little more slowly; for a poor Chinese family it means starvation stalks a little closer.

So will there be an efficacious backlash against TSA policies? I am guessing no.

A new survey shows that political ideology leads to different television viewing habits. This shouldn’t be surprising.

As impressive as Republican gains in this week’s elections were at the national level, they were even more so in state legislative races. Which means Republicans are in position to consolidate and expand upon their recent gains.

During the just concluded election season, eleven self-funded candidates spent a total of $ 286 million trying to win elections. Only two of them actually won.

There’s some good news in the October jobs report.

Exit polls reveal a shocking bit of information: voters aren’t happy with either party.

The GOP is headed for big gains on Tuesday. The only question now is how big they’re going to be.

The growing number of cell-phone-only households gives Democrats hope that the polls are undercounting them.

Starting Tuesday night, the results of statewide races will be reported by giving the percentage of “expected vote” rather than precinct-by-precinct.

The Pentagon is looking at a system that would flag suspicious access to data, similar to the alerts by credit cards companies designed to prevent fraudulent charges.

Making it easier for people to vote doesn’t necessarily mean that more people will vote.

The numbers coming out of the first few weeks of early voting confirms the enthusiasm gap that pollsters have been talking about for months.

There’s a trend toward using metrics to identify ways to stem the skyrocketing cost of higher education. The likeliest result is to devalue the “education” component.

Politico says 99 Democratic House seats are “in play.” They’re not. But dozens are.

More bad news for Democrats as a new poll shows that voters are more likely to consider them extreme than Republicans.

A group of conservative activists is planning a last minute ad blitz that could help put several Republican challengers over the top.

Experts say 80% of all alcohol sales go to people with drinking problems. The mathematics of that are staggering.

Just a tip to fellow bloggers who are still running their blogrolls using the old blogrolling.com widget: Your sites have been banned for some time because of malware issues.

No Senate candidate with a lead of more than 5.5 points in the polling average, with 30 days to go in the race, has lost his race since 1998: these candidates are 68-0.

A new study suggests that laws banning texting while driving don’t actually have any impact on accident rates.

A newly released poll on the Kentucky Senate race may not be an accurate measure of what’s actually going on in that race.

President Obama’s approval is at its lowest point to date, matching President Clinton’s in 1994. It’s 14 points higher than his predecessor’s.

A case study in how one’s choice of graphing techniques can shape a debate over known data.

The earnings gap between those with and without a college education continues to grow. But this masks other realities.

Is there a quiet cyberwar going on and we are just starting to notice it?

Great news, everybody: The biggest economic calamity since the Great Depression has been over for well over a year.

Yes, the Tea Party is popular compared to the Democrats and Republicans.

DC schools superintendent Michelle Rhee has radically transformed the system for the better. Naturally, the teachers unions want her gone.