Outside the Beltway

We can’t afford to repeatedly make the same mistake.

Original blogger AllahPundit is leaving Hot Air after 16 years.

President Trump has unblocked Twitter users, but at the same time his lawyers are appealing the ruling that he can’t block Twitter users.

A Federal Judge in New York has ruled that President Trump cannot block users from reading his tweets.

Tomorrow, Irish voters will head to the polls to decide whether or not to scrap a Constitutional Amendment that bans abortion in essentially all circumstances.

Michael Cohen once threatened The Onion because it published a satirical article about Donald Trump.

A longtime “Hillary Beat” reporter ruminates on what she and her candidate could have done differently in 2016.

On OTB’s subjective, inconsistent enforcement of its policies designed to promote civil discussion.

An emerging technology will take “fake news” to a whole new level.

The U.S. Army is once again embroiled in an internecine fight over hats.

Twitter users who have been blocked on the service by President Trump are suing him, claiming that their First Amendment rights have been violated.

Roger Moore, who played James Bond for a longer period and in more films than any other actor to date, has died at the age of 89.

The President throws the US under the bus to defend Putin.

International relations prof mostly assign readings by male scholars. Female profs are slightly less likely to do so.

Jess Zimmerman offers “An ingenious way to save the comments section,” if she does say so herself.

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

Their intent is to derail useful discussion and responding to them not only achieves that end but encourages more trolling.

Ars Technica introduces us to “nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per worker for using scanners.”

As some have already noticed, we installed some new commenting plug-ins late yesterday adding some features that many have been requesting

Our patience with those who repeatedly hijack the discussion thread to detract from the topic at hand has ended, effective immediately.

Charlie Sheen was the highest paid sitcom actor on the planet. Until a few minutes ago:

The lines between our public and professional identities and our private and social ones continue to blur.