Outside the Beltway

It’s time to let the legal system do its job.

Like it or not, what you do online will be of interest to someone looking to hire you.

The Etch A Sketch meme isn’t nearly as powerful as those pushing it believe it to be.

Yesterday, the campaign silly season got particularly silly.

George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin met on the night of February 27th. Martin died, and a firestorm has erupted.

Good Journalism?

Dharun Ravi was convicted of bias intimidation toward Tyler Clementi. It’s not at all clear that he should have been.

Today, the #stopkony hashtag is trending on Twitter. Here’s why.

Newspapers are still finding it hard to live in the Internet Age.

Janelle Nanos investigates her relationship with her iPhone.

Over the last decade-plus of war, the US Army has relaxed its promotion and retention standards for commissioned and non-commissioned officers. As we transition into peacetime, the pendulum is swinging the other direction.

There’s an entire industry that profits from exploiting political controversy and division. Why do we let them get away with it?

Mitt Romney’s campaign gives us a lesson in how not to stage a “major” economic speech.

Prices are rising at the pump, and the candidates for President are starting to notice.

An object lesson in celebrity worship from the State of New Jersey.

Foster Friess, Rick Santorum’s money guy, probably shouldn’t be his media guy.

Was Clint Eastwood’s Chrysler ad a political message, or just a well done commercial?

One wonders why any Republican politician would want to be associated with this image.

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

Censorship or sound business practice?

Mitch Daniels got the unenviable task of responding to the State Of The Union Address last night.

The speech did exactly what it was supposed to do: kick off Obama’s re-election campaign while disguised as a call for unity.

Monday’s debate in Tampa was a far more subdued affair than what we saw last week.

Are the Republicans the party of Rush Limbaugh, Sarah Palin, and Newt Gingrich? Or a viable contender for the White House?

It’s Day One of the Battle For Florida.

After a depressing and sad end to a storied career, Penn State’s legendary JoePa has passed away.

Last night, South Carolina was Gingrich Country.

Within an hour last evening, I passed along and retracted two breaking news stories on Twitter.

Should journalists report things they happen to overhear in a public place?

The race in South Carolina is going down to the wire.

Wikipedia’s English language site will be offline for 24 hours tomorrow to protest two controversial online piracy bills.

Conservatives are rejecting Andrew Sullivan’s Newsweek essay out of hand, but they ought to pay attention to what he’s saying.

150-plus evangelical leaders are trying to derail the Romney Express. They’re going to get run over.

Henry Farrell thinks “The New Gmail Sucks” and doesn’t care who knows it.