Outside the Beltway

An FCC rule from a bygone era may get Bernie Sanders and company some time on NBC.

The Confederate Flag needs to be removed from official places of honor, but do we really need to worry about reruns of The Dukes of Hazzard?

The Confederate battle flag is suddenly toxic.

Dave Schuler proposes a “radical idea” to safeguard individual privacy “in the wake of the hacking of Sony and the multiple credit card exploits over the last year or so.”

It’s getting easier and easier to cut the cord.

There’s a better way to finance news than hiding it behind paywalls.

The Wright Stuff Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Court holds that Federal Law does not require employees to be paid for the time waiting to get through mandatory security screening.

Black Friday chaos has crossed the pond.

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.

Quietly, oil prices have been falling for months now. That’s potentially a very big deal.

Have digital books rendered the publishing houses obsolete?

One day after HBO, CBS announces its own streaming service. And the future approaches just a little bit faster.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has made an incredibly weak argument in favor of his state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Frank Foer proclaims, “Amazon Must Be Stopped. It’s too big. It’s cannibalizing the economy.”

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

Amazon warehouse workers want to be paid for time going through security checks to leave work.

The classic “Tom and Jerry” cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s come with a “racial prejudice” warning from Amazon.

The courts have been striking them down at a dizzying pace since June.

The US intelligence community is gambling that it can be more efficient through a public-private partnership than going it alone.

A clash over Separation Of Power and the Imperial Presidency, coming soon to a Federal District Court in Washington, D.C.

Some thoughts on Amazon’s new smartphone: Fire

Does encouraging binge watching make sense for Netflix?

Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the 21st Century is making quite a splash.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear argument in a case that will likely be this era’s version of the Betamax case.

A big setback for the UAW.

Does it matter if companies make a profit?

Thanks to a Federal District Court Judge, most of Sherlock Holmes is now in the public domain.

Consumers share some of the blame for the late delivery problems that last minute shoppers experienced this Christmas season.

UPS and FedEx underestimated their capacity needs and failed to deliver packages in time for Christmas.

If Amazon gives discounts to people with children, is it acceptable to falsely claim you have a child in order to get a discount?

The Supreme Court may have just given a boost to those who want to subject online sales to the same sales taxes as in-person sales.

Jeff Bezos’s latest idea may never get off the ground, but it sure is interesting.

Some signs from Silicon Valley seem to indicate that the heady days of the 90s Tech Bubble are returning.

The Obama White House dropped some big news as everyone headed out of town.

The Hello You… Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

It is clear the President has been failed by those under him. So, when is someone going to pay the price?

As expected, the enrollment numbers for Obamacare are far below where they were expected to be.