Outside the Beltway

Judging them by their own manifesto, the Occupy Wall Street protesters are pretty silly people.

Parents are being arrested for sending their children to public schools outside their district.

Giving the President the unchecked power to kill American citizens raises some serious red flags.

Does the state have the right to regulate how many people you invite to your home?

In its upcoming term, the Supreme Court will examine the question whether police can track people via GPS without first obtaining a warrant.

Measuring our progress a decade after the 9/11 attacks

Tim Cook is succeeding Steve Jobs as head of the world’s biggest technology company. Does it matter that he’s gay?

Is it every appropriate to ask candidates about their religious faith? In some cases, yes it is.

Florida’s new law requiring welfare recipients to pass drug tests seems to clearly violate the Fourth Amendment.

Is the NYPD becoming too much like the CIA?

Rick Perry has walked back his support for mandatory HPV vaccination but the broader issue still remains.

Rick Perry may be much less than meets the eye.

The Emergency Blow Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Much like bills named for dead children, there’s a very high likelihood that any bill with “protecting children” and/or “pornographers” in the title is a) a very bad idea, b) a very stupid idea, c) of dubious Constitutionality, or, as here, d) all of the above.

Daniel Indiviglio makes “The Case for Making Wages Public: Better Pay, Better Workers.”

A Federal Appeals Court says the full body image scanners showing up in airports are Constitutional.

The star of a controversial reality show about polygamy is suing to have Utah’s law that makes his living arrangement illegal struck down.

The Obama Justice Department is siding against historians trying to protect the confidentiality of their sources.

When everyone can record video at any time and post it to for all the world to see, is there such a thing as privacy anymore?

Catholic University president John Garvey explains “Why We’re Going Back to Single-Sex Dorms.”

The Anthony Weiner reveals once again the odd American obsession with the intersection of sex and politics.

Desperate women are finding some horrific ways to terminate their pregnancies. Some are being arrested for it.

A conspiracy theorist is never troubled by facts.

Another case of TSA groping has hit the media.

Why are many of the top Republicans are sitting out the race despite a seemingly vulnerable incumbent?

Yes, please secure your home networks. But also: perhaps the police need to reevaluate their tactics.

Apple isn’t the only company collecting data off their smartphones.

Why, yes, my iPhone has indeed been tracking me since last summer.

The Obama Administration is resisting efforts to expand Fourth Amendment protections to services like Gmail. That’s unfortunate.

Xavier Alvarez lied about having been awarded the Medal Of Honor. Should that be a crime? The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals says no, and they’re right.

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.

Pfc. Bradley Manning is being treated worse than a Prisoner Of War, and he hasn’t been convicted of a crime yet.

The saga of accused Wikileaks conspirator Bradley Manning continues to get uglier, with the military acknowledging that he was forced to spend the day naked for, well, no apparent reason.

Sometimes the most sensible result can be the hardest to reach. This isn’t one of those times.

The fight over Federal funding for Planned Parenthood seems to be about much more than whether taxpayer dollars should be going to Planned Parenthood.

Should employers be allowed to ask for your Facebook login as a condition of employment?

Rick Santorum is upset that a Google search for his name produces a string of unflattering material. You should be, too.

Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 could be a Google killer. It could also kill the Web as we know it.