Outside the Beltway

The Beast has released its The 50 Most Loathsome Americans of 2010, which I gather is supposed to be amusing rather than taken seriously.

Didn’t we just talk about this?

Sarah Palin’s unfavorability ratings continue to climb. And there’s very little room for her recovery.

The American media and Sarah Palin have developed an odd symbiotic relationship, and it’s unlikely to change anytime soon.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

Over the past two days, Sarah Palin has become the center of the media firestorm over the tragic shootings in Arizona, she doesn’t belong there.

Is Jon Stewart the next Edward R. Murrow? No.

The seemingly sensible end-of-life counseling that was originally part of the Health Care Reform Bill is making a comeback.

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

Younger users are moving away from email as a way to communicate with others, and toward more instant forms of communication like text messaging and Twitter.

As the internet becomes more ingrained in our lives, it’s become a tool for parenting. And a break from it.

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

Washington D.C.’s 34 year-old Metro system is about to become the latest stage for Security Theater.

WikiLeaker Bradley Manning has been held “under conditions that constitute cruel and inhumane treatment and, by the standards of many nations, even torture” for seven months and counting.

Should blogs and other online forums ban anonymous comments?

Sarah Palin has taken to her Facebook page to raise “Serious Questions about the Obama Administration’s Incompetence in the WikiLeaks Fiasco.” They’re more interesting than I’d expected.

Some on the right are beginning to realize that Sarah Palin’s popularity may cause a serious problem for the GOP in 2012.

Yet another sign that the GOP’s biggest nightmare may actually end up coming true.

Arianna Huffington has become an online mogul by convincing big donors to pay her for content others generate for free. Did she steal the idea?

Those images on your Facebook page may come back to haunt you if you decide to run for office someday.

Ok, so we’ve been talking about the Tea Party for months. What will that label means once we actually have elections and move on to the governing bit?

The younger voters that flocked to Barack Obama two years ago feel let down. They need to grow up.

The Delaware Senate race took a trip into the gutter yesterday.

Sarah Palin is causing headaches among fellow Republicans regarding her 2010 endorsement activities.

If Mark Zuckerberg hadn’t invented Facebook someone else would have. Probably within a month or two of his invention.

Three lives intersected last week at Rutgers University, but one person didn’t make it out alive.

If the Obama Administration gets it’s way, your secure Internet communications won’t really be all that secure.

Facebook’s 26-year-old founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is one of the wealthiest men in America. Most of his work force is unpaid.

In yet another sign of how rapidly the media landscape is changing, longtime Newsweek stalwart is leaving for the Huffington Post.

Everyone from David Petraeus to Sarah Palin is speaking out against a nutbag pastor’s Koran burning event. While they’re right, they’re emphasizing the wrong message.