Outside the Beltway

One of the pioneers of the Internet warns that we’re in danger of losing entire generations’ worth of history because of digitization.

The January Jobs Report showed that the trend of strong jobs growth we saw in 2014 appears to be continuing into the new year.

With major theater chains having pulled out, Sony bowed to the inevitable, but now there appears to be proof that a foreign power is behind the Sony hacking attacks and threats of violence.

Some on the left are suggesting Democrats should write off the South for the foreseeable future, but that would be as foolish as Republicans assuming that their dominance in the region will last as long as Democratic dominance did in the century after the Civil War.

Strong jobs growth in November means that 2014 is already the best year for jobs growth since 1999.

The Justices of the Supreme Court seemed to struggle yesterday to find an easy way to draw a line between protected speech and the kind of threats that are not protected by the First Amendment.

Obama proposes four ‘net neutrality’ rules.

A 29 year old woman will end her life in less than a month. That should be her choice.

Elected representatives, not soldiers, make policy. But there are times when generals should make a stand.

Only one man can say that he has both recorded a jazz album with Lady Gaga and liberated a Nazi death camp.

A nation known for adopting new technology is behind the rest of the world in one interesting way.

After 200 years, Francis Scott Key’s most famous work may have outlived its usefulness..

Hobby Lobby Is an important decision, but it’s one that the Supreme Court handed down a week earlier that will have the widest impact.

Modern devices are more fragile, frustrating, and resource intensive than those of a decade ago.

The Supreme Court declined to review a lower court ruling that public school graduations in churches are unconstitutional.

The Sharks Vs. Gas Jets Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Unearthed!

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

A step up from The Colbert Report.

The I Didn’t Say Equal Opportunity Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

The Jobs Report for January once again leaves much to be desired.

One of the perils of the Internet age is that companies constantly go belly up, leaving their customers in a lurch

Seven years ago, Steve Jobs showed us that we could literally hold the world in the palm of our hand.

The latest news on the marijuana legalization front has led David Brooks and others to go into a completely pathetic panic.

In which we ponder the great questions of the day………

An example of how copyright laws have been perverted to protect corporate interests rather than encourage artistic creativity.

No previously published works have entered the US Public Domain since 1978. And none are scheduled to enter until 1923. So what are we missing?

WSJ’s Marc Myers has a fascinating chat with Keith Richards on the making of one of the Stones’ iconic tracks.

Some good numbers for November in the Jobs report, but questions about the future remain.

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

The Revealed Reviled Reveiled Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

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

The Rebus Knebus Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.