Outside the Beltway

Turkey’s governing party suffered big setbacks at the ballot box yesterday.

The New York Times is on top of the breaking news about Marco Rubio’s driving record for some reason.

The former Olympian has made a transition.

The first batch of email from Hillary Clinton regarding the 2012 attack in Benghazi have been released, and they don’t reveal anything we didn’t already know.

The final episode airs tonight. How will Matt Weiner will wrap it up?

Former Texas Governor Rick Perry is going to be looking for that elusive second act in American politics.

Even for political junkies, the thrill seems to be gone.

Just in case there’s any question, yes, Ted Cruz is Constitutionally eligible to serve as President.

Can a country entry reap the benefits of the connected age while successfully tying down the Internet?

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

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

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.

A Presidential candidate’s health and fitness for office are legitimate issues. When it comes to bringing up Hillary Clinton’s age in the context of 2016,, though, Republicans need to proceed with caution.

Some people didn’t like the song selection at last night’s Washington, D.C. concert for Veterans Day.

Freedom of choice.

We are obviously moving toward an era of streaming and other services that don’t rely on Cable/Satellite providers, but it will still take some time to get there and for it to be cost effective.

Attorneys for celebrities caught up in the leak of nude photographs are targeting Google.

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

The end of an era.

AV Club produces an impressive overview of the entire Trek franchise.

American journalist James Foley has been beheaded by the terrorist network calling itself the Islamic State.

No, it’s not over yet.

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

The English-speaking and Scandinavian countries are very different.

The tragedy in Santa Barbara will. inevitably, revive the same old gun debate. But can it ever evolve beyond shouting?

Could the upcoming House Select Committee on Benghazi actually accomplish something useful?

Rick Perry continues to hint at another Presidential run.

Who watches Sunday morning talk shows anymore?

Wisconsin recently became the third state to criminalize revenge porn. Why is it still legal in the other 47?

I’m going to put in a good word for my son Josh’s new album “Shame of Tones,” a parody compilation based on HBO’s “Game of Thrones.”

Victoria Nuland, Asistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, pithily expressed her frustrations about the European Union.

Apple’s “1984” Super Bowl commercial ran only once, but it remains in a class by itself.

The New York Times Benghazi report raises as many questions as it purports to answer.

More details.

Jimmy Fallon’s 13 minute tribute to “Breaking Bad” is exceedingly well done

I’ve been up since 3 am and drinking since 6 pm, so my reaction to a presidential war speech at 9 am may not be the definitive word

The pioneering journalist David Frost has died, aged 74 years.