Outside the Beltway

Two men were killed last night before they could carry out what appears to be a planned attack on an anti-Islam event in Texas.

A sad, complicated story.

One of the pioneers of the Internet warns that we’re in danger of losing entire generations’ worth of history because of digitization.

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

A big change in an important nation in the most volatile part of the world.

The House was set to vote on a ban on abortion after 20 weeks that never would have become law today but they pulled the bill. Conservatives are annoyed, but it was smart politics in the long run.

Several Tea Party backed Members of Congress claim to be challenging John Boehner in tomorrow’s vote for Speaker. They are, of course, delusional.

Two potential candidates for the Republican nomination in 2016 traded barbs this week over the President’s new policy toward Cuba.

An Oberlin College student makes it clear just why she needs an education.

The former Florida Governor announced that he’s taking the first step towards running for president in 2016.

A hostage crisis has been unfolding overnight at a cafe in Sydney, Australia that has apparent links to international terrorism.

Chris Rock wants us to remember that Bill Cosby isn’t the only celebrity accused of rape.

Clearly, the Romney campaign didn’t get the point of social media.

The Justices of the Supreme Court seemed to struggle yesterday to find an easy way to draw a line between protected speech and the kind of threats that are not protected by the First Amendment.

Public Relations 101: When you have a job in public relations, don’t say stupid things.

Next week, the Supreme Court will be asked to determine the line between free speech online and criminal threats

The House Intelligence Committee has concluded that the conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11/2012 attack in Benghazi are not supported by the evidence. That’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind, though.

The latest ISIS video is horrible and barbaric but we should not take the bait they are offering before considering the consequences of our actions going forward.

Two Duke University academics make an incredibly weak, ultimately unpersuasive, argument in favor of eliminating midterm elections by changing the length of Congressional terms.

Freedom of choice.

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

We’ve got one foot in two very different technological worlds.

A fired Oklahoma worker beheaded a woman and was attacking another when he was shot. Workplace violence? Or terrorism.

Bestiality and prostitution are legal in Denmark. And not just separately.

It’s hard for a party to win four straight presidential elections. The Democrats may pull it off.

Tea Party backed candidates may have lost most of the GOP primary battles, but they’ve won the war for control of the Republican agenda.

Despite a high profile effort to oust him, the most prominent libertarian Republican in Congress survived his primary challenge yesterday.

The Tea Party v. “establishment” battle in the GOP has been pretty one-sided this year.

Our laws and social norms have not caught up to modern life.

Someone took down a Boeing 777 over Ukraine today.

Another incident involving a Malaysia Airlines 777, but this one could be far more serious.

Just some things to consider about Common Core standards.