Outside the Beltway

In one of the lamer April Fools’ jokes in a while, Twitter has announced Twttr

So what, exactly, is going on in North Korea? And how should we respond to Kim’s bluster?

An American fighting with Syrian rebels faces life in prison for firing an RPG against a government we’re trying to oust.

The economy has been steadily recovering from the Great Recession. But the jobs may never come back.

A new Chrome extension will close all of your tabs and give you a linked list of all your previously open pages.

Passengers may soon be able to use approved electronic devices during all phases of airplane flights.

Matt Yglesias has a smart push-back against the lamentations of the decline of journalism.

The CIA will soon be storing our nation’s most sensitive information with a private company.

The head men of the three most prestigious US national laboratories say the sequester will devastate scientific research in this country for decades to come.

Longtime blogger Steve Hynd has launched a new group blog called Not The Singularity.

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A baby born with AIDS eighteen months ago has reportedly been cured.

Google’s Sergey Brin says swiping a phone feels silly, so we should wear dorky goggles around all day.

Our eggheads isn’t as smart as they thinks.

A Brazilian group is suing Apple for making its iPads better too quickly.

A bolt out of the blue.

How he went from Juicebox Mafia member to the most important young journalist in DC.

NYT Magazine asks “Can the Republicans be Saved From Obsolescence?”

American troops may now earn the fourth highest combat medal from the comfort of their desk chair.

It’s time to end this absurd annual spectacle.

John Karlin, an industrial psychologist for Bell Labs that you’ve probably never heard of, has died aged 94.

A positive political climate for immigration reform.

The GOP seems to be drawing all the wrong lessons from the 2012 elections.