Outside the Beltway

Alan Dershowitz thinls the charges against George Zimmerman should be dropped. With due apologies to the good Professor, he’s wrong.

Private college degree mills have come under intense scrutiny. But many public institutions have similar statistics.

Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin denies that his motivation for renouncing his US citizenship was tax avoidance.

With Facebook’s huge IPO in the news, Megan Garber takes a look at how much the Internet has evolved since Thefacebook came on the scene.

Mitt Romney is proposing one of the biggest peacetime increases in military spending in U.S. history.

Animal’s Joel Johnson declares “Comments are Bad Business for Online Media.”

Why should lying about having served in combat or been awarded a medal for valor should be legally different from lying about athletic prowess in high school, the number of sexual partners you’ve had, or the size of one’s sex organs?

We can feel that we “know” athletes, entertainers, politicians, and others that we’ve followed, rooted for, or whatnot over a period of time and feel a genuine sense of loss when they’re gone.

The backlash against the backlash is baffling.

Members of Congress are responding to the protests against SOPA and PIPA by withdrawing their support for the bills.

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

A Washington Post fact check calls this “true but false.”

The former pizza executive is a smart guy. But he’s not fit to run the country.

Herman Cain’s initial response to the allegations made yesterday leaves much to be desired.

Why does wine get so much more written treatment than beer?

Rick Santorum is tired of “filth” atop Google searches for his name and wants the company to do something about it.

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

Let’s see if there is evidence to support the assertion.

Tim Cook is succeeding Steve Jobs as head of the world’s biggest technology company. Does it matter that he’s gay?

Two cases in the news today raise questions about the NFL commissioner’s power.

Not that there’s anything wrong with that.

Senator Al Franken called Focus on the Family’s Tom Minnery a liar in yesterday’s hearing on DOMA. Franken was the one being dishonest.

The US Supreme Court declined to stay the execution of a child raping murderer over a technical violation of a treaty.

The real story of Paul Revere’s ride has little to do with Sarah Palin’s odd tale, no matter what her defenders say.

Is the war in Libya illegal?

The myth that the U.S. armed and trained Osama bin Laden in the early 80’s is rearing its ugly head again.

The iconic WKRP in Cincinnati is not being syndicated or available on DVD in its original format because it’s classic rock soundtrack is hamstrung by copyright laws and music licensing fees.

Like all Presidents before him, Barack Obama is asserting the right to virtually unfettered discretion when it comes to military matters.

Operation Odyssey Dawn has resurrected the eternal battle over what limits there are, and should be, on the President’s ability to use military force without Congressional authorization.

An offhand comment in my post “Obama Killed Cap’n Crunch” sparked inquiries about the fate of the General Mills line of cereals featuring monster characters.

An Alabama legislator wants to ban the use of Islamic law in the state’s courts — just in case Muslims take over.

The United States Army is radically redesigning its physical fitness test.

Did a unit in Afghanistan engage in an IO operation against U. S. senators?

A new site will identify news articles based on press releases rather than journalism.

A commenter asks, “Why does Wisconsin have a quorum rule if not for situations like this?”

Rick Santorum is upset that a Google search for his name produces a string of unflattering material. You should be, too.

Ron Paul is poised to win the CPAC Straw Poll. So what?

We now have most of the world’s information right at our fingertips. But we’re not necessarily getting smarter.

Wondering why CATO doesn’t rail against big business is like demanding to know why NARAL doesn’t spend more time advocating for the plight of stray cats or why PETA doesn’t seem to care about the homeless.