Outside the Beltway

Bill Clinton has a warning for his fellow Democrats.

A company’s best programmer was a Chinese man working for a fifth of what lesser employees earned. Alas, one of those employees was getting paid the other four-fifths.

For its 60th anniversary, Chevrolet has redesigned the Corvette for 2014. It looks surprisingly like a Corvette.

Electric shavers have come down in price so much that it’s cheaper to buy a new one than a replacement head for your old one.

Representative democracy is a process of delegation of power to agents who act on behalf of citizens. The process of delegation matters.

Issue #700 marks the final issue of Amazing Spider-Man and Peter Parker’s run as that character. For now.

John Cornyn tells Jennifer Rubin that he’ll oppose the confirmation of his former colleague, Chuck Hagel, for Secretary of Defense.

Germany recognizes a right to use pseudonyms online and has ordered Facebook to honor it.

Will the massacre of twenty children in a Connecticut elementary school mark a turning point in America’s gun culture? Don’t count on it.

For weeks now, I’ve found Gmail virtually unusable. I’ve tried switching back to Firefox from Chrome. I’ve tried turning off Google Labs. Nothing seems to work.

Blake Hounshell finds the footnotes in Andy Carvin’s latest book somewhat amusing:

The Law School Bubble has imploded.

Less than two weeks after he lost the election, the GOP is acting as if Mitt Romney never existed.

The conflict between Israel and Hamas appears to be heading in one unfortunate direction.

Fareed Zakaria declares “America’s election process an international embarrassment.” He’s right.

If nothing else, the Petraeus affair is teaching us a valuable lesson in just how extensive the Surveillance State has become.

Trending on Twitter this morning: “R.I.P. Paul Davis. The Navy Seal who killed Osama Bin Laden died in battle today. Retweet to honor him.”

Barack Obama’s Washington is more foul-mouthed and course, according to no evidence whatsoever.

How Obama can have a 75 percent chance of winning an election despite being essentially tied in the polls:

We are fast approaching an era where robot-driven cars will not only be practical but mandatory.

George Lucas has sold the Star Wars franchise to Disney, which has announced a new Star Wars movie for 2015.

Romney needs a far better answer to the Bush question.

As he himself predicted, Michael Brutsch, the 49-year-old financial services professional who spent hours each day posting vile content to Reddit, was fired mere hours after being exposed on Reddit.

Simply amazing.

Sometimes, real life catches up with those who think their online life is secret.