Outside the Beltway

Comments sections on larger blogs seem inevitably to turn into cesspools. Is it worth trying to stop it happening?

It’s getting harder and harder to tell blogs from newspapers.

Your Tweets, Facebook wall posts, and FourSquare announcements obviously provide a lot of insights into your life. But so does what you’re not posting.

Sarah Palin’s decision to back a long-shot candidate in the GOP Senate primary in Alaska didn’t exactly work out as planned.

Sarah Palin’s decision to jump to the defense of “Doctor” Laura Schlessinger has many Republicans confused as to what her plans for the future are.

Sarah Palin decided to get involved in the “Doctor Laura” Schlessinger controversy, and in the process displayed a blatant misunderstanding of the First Amendment.

Blogs are all grown up now and indistinguishable from other online media.

Newt Gingrich says that because there are no churches in Riyadh, we shouldn’t allow a mosque in New York.

If it’s online, it’s forever.

While people keep flocking to Facebook in droves, the site has the lowest satisfaction rating of any e-business site.

News headlines are increasingly divorced from the article content, with serious connotations for a nation of skimmers.

We’re all unpaid employees of Facebook.

One year ago today, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska after only 2 1/2 years in office.

If people feel the need to evoke Reagan, it would be nice if they would evoke the real one, rather than an alt reality version.

Google is getting serious about launching a Facebook competitor. Is it too late?

Is the blog bubble bursting? Only if you’re innumerate.

Ezra Klein is shuttering JournoList.