Outside the Beltway

The home of the Wayback Machine now has every major news program since 2009 archived.

President Obama didn’t blow the doors off the Time Warner Cable Arena last night, but he didn’t need to.

Technically, you don’t own your digital music files. That means you can’t transfer them to your heirs after you die.

I question the timing of the Republican Convention.

The political convention we know is a 19th Century relic. It’s time to modernize it and make it a lot shorter.

Storing all your data in the cloud isn’t necessarily a good idea.

Calvin Broadus is dropping the “Snoop Dog” moniker and rap for “Snoop Lion” and reggae.

As public education continues to wallow in the past, some parents are looking elsewhere for alternatives.

Restaurant chain Chick-fil-A is facing criticism after its President’s comments on same-sex marriage.

Antonin Scalia says Supreme Court justices have a collegial relationship and make decisions based on legal philosophy, not politics.

The Shadow Puppets Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

We’ve reached a point where our wonder at modern technology fades almost instantaneously and is replaced by annoyance that our technology isn’t better

With two weeks left in June, the Supreme Court is likely to be in the news quite a lot.

Why isn’t the American middle class and working class angrier at the 1 percent?

The I coulda had a G8 Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

For years, I’ve used Loretta Lynn as an example of how fast societal mores have changed. It turns out that her marriage at age 13 may be a bit of myth making.

Another bizarre conservative rant about the President.

The outpouring from my Twitter stream yesterday on the news of the death of Adam Yauch, MCA of the Beastie Boys, surprised me.

The famous “double helix” article was published 59 years ago today. It’s worth a look.

The major you choose in college will have an impact on your future.

Legendary musician Levon Helm is dying.

Ted Nugent, whose music I really liked when I was in junior high school, said something vile and crazy.

Most of us with iPhone 4’s use Siri, the voice-activated digital assistant–but for a very limited range of tasks.

David C. Levy argues college professors at teaching universities are overpaid because they don’t put in enough hours.

Good Journalism?

Republicans continue to harp on the fact that the President uses a TelePrompter.

Was Return Of The Jedi the best of all the Star Wars films? One writer thinks so.

Davy Jones, the face of The Monkees, has died.

Rick Santorum is at the front of a brigade that wants to re-fight the sexual revolution. They’ll lose.