Outside the Beltway

The Butterball Turkey Hotline still thrives even in the era of the Internet.

Twitter is banning all political advertising from its site. It is a largely meaningless decision, but it’s still a bad idea.

Barely in office a year, California Congresswoman Katie Hill has been forced to resign in the face of inappropriate contact with a staff member and a campaign worker.

There’s far more good in technology than bad, but these days we seem to be far more focused on the bad right now.

It’s Election Day in Canada and the outcome is far from certain.

A new Senate Intelligence Committee report adds to the evidence regarding Russian interference in the 2016 election.

The National Basketball Association’s kowtowing to China hits American shores.

Sigh.

A star NBA general manager may lose his job for expressing American values.

The case of Roland Gramajo is an excellent example of what’s wrong with the Trump Administration’s immigration policy.

And what a week it has been.

Stories from sites like The Onion are routinely shared on social media and perceived as real news.

Rich candidates are buying artificial donors to stay in the contest.

Republicans have come up with a new target to blame mass shootings on, “violent video games.”

Tulsi Gabbard has filed a seemingly frivolous lawsuit against Google due to a temporary suspension of her advertising account.

Anchoring of CBS Evening News is not what it used to be.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

We all know the Internet broke the monopoly on classified advertising. Here’s the rest of the story.

Strong public records laws, not an excess of weirdness, has driven a sad meme.

Late last week it appeared as if a 90-year-old veteran of the Korean War would be buried without anyone to say goodbye. Then the word got out, and thousands of people responded.

The city by the Bay is rapidly transforming. Should we lament that?

Beto is fading.

Trump’s penchant for behaving more like a talk radio host than a POTUS continues unabated.

Yesterday, Microsoft became the third American company to reach $1 trillion in market value.

Those making under $66,000 aren’t supposed to have to pay. But good luck figuring out how to avoid it.

It’s an interesting idea, although one fraught with moral hazard.

There’s a lot of money already chasing the 2020 presidential election.

Breaking up is hard to do.

Are people fleeing blue states to avoid repressive taxes? It depends who you’re asking.

It’s increasingly challenging to discuss media coverage because we’re all consuming a hand-selected bit of it.

A powerful Congressman successfully pressured a media giant to pull content. We should be worried.

A reading recommendation.

They’ve gotten better at solving CAPTCHAs than we are.

The damage done for Mickey Mouse in the name of Sony Bono is finally coming to an end.

President Trump has lost another one of his top advisers on the fight against ISIS.

Apparently, this is a thing.

Donald Trump’s lies became even more frequent during the recently-concluded campaign season.

With less than forty-eight hours to go until voters head to the polls, the odds are pointing to a Democratic House and a Republican Senate.

Anti-Semitic violence has increased markedly over the past two years. So has the spread of far-right “anti-Globalist” conspiracy theories. This is not a coincidence.

Jamal Khashoggi’s final column includes a message that should resonate far beyond the Arab world it was addressed to.

Should celebrities use their influence in partisan politics?

Amazon has joined Apple to become the second American corporation to reach $1,000,000,000,000 in market valuation.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Forty-two years after being founded in a California garage, and twenty years after nearly going broke, Apple Computer has become the first publicly traded company to top $1 trillion in value.

The 34-year-old Facebook tycoon is now worth more than 87-year-old Warren Buffet.

Federal law protects internet companies from liability for statements written by others.

What was once a rare symbol of national mourning has become so commonplace as to be meaningless.

Conservatives claim to support freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but they’ve utterly failed that test when it comes to their reaction to players who peacefully and respectfully kneel during the National Anthem.

American companies are struggling to comply with the EU’s new privacy regulation, with many outlets choosing to simply block access abroad.