Outside the Beltway

Thoughts on the election and on the electoral rules used.

The linguistic stylings and white supremacy of Tommy Tuberville.

When AI search provides some morning levity.

The crime: trying to ask DHS Secretary Noem a question at a press conference in a federal building.

These sweet, anxious, thoughtful, and genuinely loveable students know in their bones that their future is deeply uncertain and shaped by adults who appear to have no idea what they’re doing.

This time: the Social Security Administration.

That’s a problem, given her job and all.

Machines have been eliminating blue collar jobs for decades. Now they’re coming for white collar jobs.

Being nice at dinner is easy.

Ask a simple question, be surprised at the results.

USA! USA! USA!

Nationwide protests yesterday show a growing outrage over Trump 2.0.

Making the Markets Dive Again.

Agencies are quickly seeking to comply with the President’s order.

We can’t fire the popular Chinese spyware, it quits.

Pro-tip: Googling BEFORE posting a Hot Take can save a lot of embarrasment

There are 800 or so of them in the United States alone. Where the hell did they come from?

On “negotiation tactics,” legal pathways, and such.

Stupid is as stupid does.

Trump Bibles: made in China.

There is, unfortunately, a bit of a theme.

Where the science and art of polling intersect.

Fascist agitation begets violence.

Yet another service disruption over rights fees calls attention to the issue.

The search giant lost a major court battle. What’s next?

Help us help you by helping us help you.

After ‘the economy,’ the two diverge wildly on their top priorities.

A beach home and “An Appeal to Heaven”

We’re about to test the limits of existing copyright law.

Its time has passed.

Finding 12 impartial people in a high-profile trial is challenging.

But almost certainly won’t be.

Calendars, How Do They Work?

Anticompetitive practices in one of the most competitive of markets.

Damned if I know.

When being despicable is normal, is it still news?

A long-predicted threat has emerged.

A growing scourge may be next to impossible to stop.

Also: the media landscape is currently evolving.

It’s just resting.

Steamboat Willie is about to be ripe for exploitation.

The theory of the Internet clashes with its reality.

What if one of the candidates is Hitler?

Where religious zealotry can lead. (So, yes, a digression into American politics).

Has the search goliath gotten worse?

Much ado about nothing?

Also: calls for his resignation.

The Justice Department claims the search giant abused its power.

How something so promising became so frustrating.