Outside the Beltway

Jose Antonio Vargas was brought to the U.S. at the age of 12 and never left. Now, some are suggesting he should be deported as soon as possible.

Judging by the early results, the so-called “Right To Be Forgotten” recently created by Europe’s highest court is creating more problems than it will solve.

What could possibly go wrong?

All you have to do is make up unique password for each site based on randomly chosen details of an incredibly complex story associated with the first letter of the site.

Another area where the law has not caught up with technology.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured the city of Slovyansk from pro-Russian separatists.

Chris McDaniel and his Tea Party supporters are being very sore losers.

Next term, the Supreme Court will try to decide when online speech crosses the line and becomes a criminal threat.

On of the last surviving members of the “Band of Brothers” does it again.

It’s good that Bowe Bergdahl is free, but questions remain about how he went missing that need to be answered.

The Associated Press doesn’t want its reporters to get too wordy.

The line “don’t know much about history” comes to mind.

From the beginning, the Tea Party has shown itself to be just plain bad at picking candidates. This year, they finally seem to be on the verge of paying for it in the GOP primaries

Today’s oral argument before the Supreme Court on the issue of police searches of cell phones and smartphones left much up in the air.

The anti-vaccination movement has earned a dubious achievement, the return of a disease that was effectively eradicated 15 years ago.

Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?

Wisconsin recently became the third state to criminalize revenge porn. Why is it still legal in the other 47?

Interactions between consumers and businesses online are starting to have an impact on the legal system.

Electronic payments are convenient but sometimes there’s nothing better than money in your pocket.

In an ideal world, we would be more tolerant of leaders who held controversial positions. We don’t live in that world.

Yesterday afternoon’s shooting spree at Fort Hood appears to be a related to post-traumatic stress.

As Sarah Palin and the Tea Party turn on Paul Ryan, they are making apparent their own lack of relevance in the political process.

An opportunist ruins a good joke and hijacks an important discussion.

After national attention, a North Carolina school has rescinded its ban on a 9-year-old boy’s wearing of a “girl’s” backpack.

Politics, media, and the attention span of the average American haven’t really changed as much as we think.

“It’s complicated” has long been an option to describe one’s romantic status on Facebook. Now, it applies to one’s sex as well.

President Obama is rewarding unqualified hacks who raised huge sums for his campaign with ambassadorships.

The beginning of the end of an era.

The House GOP leadership’s principles are a good start, but it’s unclear if they can make it past the anti “amnesty” crowd that seems to dominate the GOP.

Gizmodo’s Brian Barrett explains “Why the South Fell Apart in the Snow.”

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

One of the perils of the Internet age is that companies constantly go belly up, leaving their customers in a lurch