Outside the Beltway

The modern equivalent of selling ice to Eskimos.

After a decade, the Army is reversing the most hideous decision in its long history.

Where’s the line when a public figure interacts with a teenage fan?

Charging soldiers $200 for an extra bag on their way home for war? Really Delta?

If there’s anything all sides should be able to agree on after several days of back-and-forth is that most of us didn’t really know the story.

After a week of denial, New York Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted today that he had engaged in online relationships with several women.

Broadway actors are aiming a familiar lament at Hollywood stars: They’re taking our jobs!

Herman Cain: candidate du jour or something more permanent?

Once again, Sarah Palin has made herself the center of attention in the political world.

Save water: Grow a beard.

Has technology robbed us of more than it’s given in return?

Go The Fuck to Sleep, the children’s book aimed at parents, has become an Internet sensation and reached #1 on Amazon well before its release owing to a leaked copy.

Video calling is becoming widely available. Will it become as common as talking on the phone?

Why the United States has found itself in a seemingly endless series of wars over the past two decades.

Sunday’s announcement of the death of Osama bin Laden was the latest example of how Twitter has become the go-to source for “Breaking News.”

The “SERENITY COW” Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Singing the 1974 Carl Douglas classic “Kung Fu Fighting” can get you arrested in England.

Sarah Palin was back speaking to a Tea Party crowd yesterday, but it just doesn’t seem like matters anymore.

Why in the hell are Federal taxpayers footing the bill for residential trash collection in DC?

Radley Balko and his blogs are moving to Huffington Post.

Experts say the phone call is a relic of the past.

In less than two weeks, much of the content of The New York Times will go behind a paywall.

Facebook limits accounts to those who say that they are at least 13 years old. Shockingly, some kids lie to get on the popular social network.

Gmail has introduced another feature to help people deal with inbox overload: Smart Labels.

Scientists have discovered that the Internet could be a useful collaborate tool.

The lines between our public and professional identities and our private and social ones continue to blur.

Opposition to marriage equality is no longer the wedge issue it used to be.

Is Saudi Arabia the next domino to fall in the Middle East? The Royal family is hoping that money will be enough to make sure that doesn’t happen.

Did a unit in Afghanistan engage in an IO operation against U. S. senators?