Outside the Beltway

The State Department tries to scrub information about the 3D-printed gun from the Internet.

The soft underbelly of the post-ownership society.

Yesterday was not a good day for the Cable “News” Network.

There’s a lot we still don’t know about what happened in Boston, so maybe it’s time to stop speculating.

Will the prohibitive favorite for the 2016 Democratic nomination do it differently this time around?

President Lyndon Johnson considered flying to the 1968 convention and offering himself up for re-nomination.

The White House is backing an effort to overturn a bizarre ruled recently enacted by the Library of Congress

Katherine Applegate, long suffering spouse of frequent OTB commenter Michael Reynolds, has been awarded the Newbery Medal for the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children for The One and Only Ivan.

A rich child is 45 percent more likely to earn a four-year college degree than a poor one.

The home of the Wayback Machine now has every major news program since 2009 archived.

Largely because they are resisting efforts to hold them accountable for their performance, Chicago’s teachers are leaving 400,000 students locked out of school.

Technically, you don’t own your digital music files. That means you can’t transfer them to your heirs after you die.

Tonight’s convention speech is the most important speech Mitt Romney has ever given.

UVA says a presidential visit isn’t worth the hassle or expense. They’re right.

This charge is false, as 10 minutes’ work by the Washington Post would have shown.

Since Israel’s system is far more “socialist” by American rhetorical standards, I am not sure what his point was.

Public interest groups want the Supreme Court to fix our stupid copyright laws.

For years, I’ve used Loretta Lynn as an example of how fast societal mores have changed. It turns out that her marriage at age 13 may be a bit of myth making.

The scam of the US News college rankings and the various ways in which colleges scam said scam rankings.

We won’t have Rick Perry to kick around anymore.

Aaron Swartz has been arrested for downloading too many academic journal articles.

The Republican candidates for President are blurring what should be a pretty clear line.

Big news from North Korea.

Barack Obama wrote two bestselling memoirs before becoming president. Both of them are hot items at Foggy Bottom.

As of now, there’s no reason to believe that Mitt Romney won’t be the Republican nominee in 2012.

After three weeks of speculation, we’re back where we started.

Marcia Anderson has become the first African American woman to be promoted to a two star general in the US Army.

And, the week closes out with another round of rumors about New Jersey’s Governor.

Last night’s speech at the Reagan Library did nothing to stop people from speculating about Chris Christie’s Presidential plans.

College students finally seem to be listening to the market.

The execution of Troy Davis brings back to the forefront the reasons why the death penalty is inherently flawed.

The decision to split Netflix into two companies makes no sense. Unless you look behind the scenes.

Yes, Barack Obama is running for a second term.

There was a somewhat disturbing moment during last night’s GOP Debate.