Outside the Beltway

Just over a week after a death at the hands of police that remains incredibly suspicious, Baltimore is the sight of violent riots.

To the surprise of few, Hillary Clinton is running for President

Another case of teenagers ‘sexting,’ another dumb overreaction by law enforcement.

Freedom of speech means freedom for all speech, even when it is racially offensive.

Jon Stewart is stepping down as the host of Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” after sixteen years.

Conservatives finally seem to be waking up to the truth about Sarah Palin.

The Tea Party may be the most vocal wing of the GOP but most Republicans seems to favor candidates that aren’t quite so right wing.

The terrorism wave that began with the massacre at the Charlie Hebdo offices has not ended with the killing of the perpetrators. A follow-on attack has occurred in Germany and there are reports of “sleeper cells” being activated in France.

NYPD Officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot dead while sitting in their patrol car In Brooklyn. And those suggesting that anyone other than the killer has “blood on their hands” are being absurd.

A hostage crisis has been unfolding overnight at a cafe in Sydney, Australia that has apparent links to international terrorism.

Clearly, the Romney campaign didn’t get the point of social media.

Public Relations 101: When you have a job in public relations, don’t say stupid things.

Next week, the Supreme Court will be asked to determine the line between free speech online and criminal threats

Our supposed Syrian allies seem to have a different idea of who the enemy in Syria actually is.

The House Intelligence Committee has concluded that the conspiracy theories regarding the 9/11/2012 attack in Benghazi are not supported by the evidence. That’s unlikely to change anyone’s mind, though.

The results of the 2014 midterms should teach us some lessons about how to handle and evaluate polling.

Early numbers seem to suggest that it depends on which state you’re looking at.

A Federal Judge has dismissed lawsuits filed by Tea Party groups over the IRS targeting scandal.

Have digital books rendered the publishing houses obsolete?

As usual, politicians and pundits are helping to create a climate of fear and concern about Ebola that is not justified by the facts.

Combining politics, an incessantly sensationalist news cycle, and a virus that scares a lot of people can’t end well.

We’ve got one foot in two very different technological worlds.

The end of an era.

Once again, there’s speculation that something is up in the world’s most closed society.

The streets of Hong Kong have been filled with protesters upset over China’s efforts to control the city’s political future.

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are pushing back against Apple and Google’s efforts to provide greater privacy to users.. They’re wrong.

Dedicated reading improves our brains and our health—unless it’s on a computer screen.

A political earthquake in the Sunflower State that could have a big impact on the battle for control of the Senate.

Bestiality and prostitution are legal in Denmark. And not just separately.

The “open and free” Internet is an ideal type, not a myth.

A good law has one rather silly unintended consequence.

End game? Or the potential spark of a wider war?

Six weeks have passed since the primary, and Chris McDaniel has revealed he really doesn’t have much to complain about other than the fact that he lost.

Our laws and social norms have not caught up to modern life.

Someone took down a Boeing 777 over Ukraine today.

Judging by the early results, the so-called “Right To Be Forgotten” recently created by Europe’s highest court is creating more problems than it will solve.

Another area where the law has not caught up with technology.

Some surveys suggest that younger Americans are less patriotic than older generations.

Target is the latest business to ask customers to leave the guns at home when they go shopping.

The news media of 1914 didn’t see World War One coming, but it’s not clear that we’re any better.

Mississippi goes from bizarre to, well, even more bizarre.

Next term, the Supreme Court will try to decide when online speech crosses the line and becomes a criminal threat.