Outside the Beltway

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is being sued for blocking people on Twitter. She’s likely to lose the lawsuits.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a District Court ruling that President Trump cannot block Twitter users from accessing his account.

Detroit shows how modern technology can lead to a virtual police state.

WIth the top two candidates in the race on the same stage, the second night of the first Democratic debate was much feistier than the first night.

Democrats clashed, to some degree, in last night’s inaugural debate of the 2020 season but they clearly agreed far more than they disagreed.

Evidence appears to clearly established that Russia used many of the same social media efforts it used in the United States in 2016 to interfere in the recent European Parliament elections.

President Trump’s opening rally of the 2020 campaign sounded an awful lot like a rally from 2016

Almost eighteen years after the greatest terrorist attack on our country, we haven’t taken care of those who risked it all.

Bart Starr, who led the Green Bay Packers to five N.F.L. Championships in the pre-Super Bowl era and in Super Bowls I and II, has died at the age of 85.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has entered the race for the Democratic nomination for President, making him the 23rd candidate in an already crowded field.

Legendary Comedian Tim Conway has died at the age of 85.

The original star of ‘Happy Days’ reflects on the shift to second fiddle.

A classic demonstration of the old maxim, “the medium is the message.”

Trying a different take on an old concept.

Would a similarly-situated woman be getting such over-the-top coverage?

Free expression sometimes enables horrible crimes. How does a free society deal with that tension?

A decade-long study once again establishes that there is no link between childhood vaccination and autism.

A powerful Congressman successfully pressured a media giant to pull content. We should be worried.

And if you don’t know, now you know.

AT&T’s acquisition of DirecTV and TimeWarner is forcing price hikes that are driving customers away at a rapid clip.

Begun, the 2020 campaign has.

A nation says farewell to a war hero, public servant, former President, and great American.

Now it all started fifty-three Thanksgivings ago . . .

Forty years ago tonight, the Star Wars universe came to television in a production so bad that it makes Jar Jar Binks seem positively Shakespearean by comparison.

Rest in Peace and Excelsior, Stan Lee!

Just when I thought political humor was dead.

Is political satire even possible in the age of Trump?

In a 2015 speech, he told law students that it’s vital for judges “To keep our emotions in check. To be calm amidst the storm.”

Alex Jones lost a bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by families of children killed in the Sandy Hook massacre.

Facebook, Google, and several other companies have closed down accounts associated with conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent, albeit amateurish, assassination attempt yesterday in what could be a sign of underlying instability in Venezuela.

Argumentation without the intent to persuade is masturbation, not journalism.

Another early-morning edition of Late Night OTB.

A blog post and resulting Twitter exchange point to a larger problem in our political dialog.

The woman who wounded three people at the video company before killing herself posted insane rants all over social media.

News anchors at dozens of local stations owned by conservative-leaning Sinclair Broadcast Group were recently required to read a script mandated by corporate headquarters, and it’s leading to some bad media coverage for Sinclair.

Not an Easter song, exactly, but certainly evocative of some of the holiday’s major themes.

Were my lifestyle different, I suppose I could pass off 3:30 on a Saturday morning as “late night” but, alas, it’s just really early.

Joe Arpaio is saying he might reopen his “investigation” into former President Obama’s birthplace if he’s elected Senator.

Personal attacks on teenagers whose friends were murdered is a strategy sure to backfire.

An artist discovered via discussion in the comments section.

More whimsical than most of my selections but we could use that right about now.

Is Google acting as a good citizen here? Or abusing its market dominance?

He’s been in the music business in some form or the other since 1985. He has been, it’s fair to say, the opposite of an overnight success.

Three completely different songs featuring iconic artists.

This is from the band Jack Levitt off their 2007 release “Conversations With A Chupacabra.”

Tonight’s installment is a rarity: a breakout artist who I’ve discovered more-or-less in real time.

An artist that’s been around for years that I’ve only discovered recently.

The Eagles had an all-time hit with this song in 1978. Alas, this isn’t it.

Two *really* different versions of an iconic song.