Outside the Beltway

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.

Why “the First Amendment protects Trump” defense doesn’t make sense

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

You can’t fire me, I quit!

As much as we complain about them, they’ve become indispensable for most of us.

Should we reform the way we train a high-tech workforce?

Get me higher than the grocery bill.

The stiffest punishment yet for a January 6 seditionist.

Why Google isn’t AltaVista.

Disney is making some unwelcome moves.

Who knew they got cell reception?

Who should pay whom for what?

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

The future is here, whether we like it or not.

The Biden administration had little choice but to act.

When the product changes after you bought it.

“Classical liberals” really need to rediscover self examination

I somehow missed Google’s launch of a service that solves the biggest annoyance of streaming.