Outside the Beltway

Wisconsin recently became the third state to criminalize revenge porn. Why is it still legal in the other 47?

Thanks to Edward Snowden, the Washington Post and the Guardian are Pulitzer Prize winners.

There are lots of different ways of looking at the situation in Ukraine—historical, game theoretical, and interpersonal perspectives.

In a new interview, Edward Snowden explains his motives for absconding from the country with NSA secrets.

Without a deal of some kind, it’s quite likely that Edward Snowden will remain beyond the reach of U.S. law enforcement or some time to come.

Nobel physicist Peter Higgs says he could not make it in academia today.

The Justice Department is reportedly not planning to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in connection with the Bradley Manning case.

NSA Director General Keith Alexander really doesn’t like the idea of a free press.

The latest revelations about National Security Agency surveillance outside the United States have caused quite an uproar overseas.

The good folks at The Guardian wonder, “Why have young people in Japan stopped having sex?”

Max Fisher has spotted a tiny link amidst the Guardian’s navigation options.

President Obama has appointed a lot of donor’s and supporters to plumb Ambassadorial slots. That’s not at all unusual.

A privacy rights group has filed a Petition with the Supreme Court regarding recent actions by the FISA Court.

The blowback from yesterday’s revelations about U.S. surveillance on European allies continues.

The latest NSA leaks are likely to prove to be diplomatically embarrassing.

A German truck driver has the worst documented case of road rage in history.

Focusing on Edward Snowden is largely a waste of time.

New revelations from The Guardian

NSA Metadata coming to a courtroom near you?

Not surprisingly, Edward Snowden has been formally charged in connection with the leak of classified NSA documents.

Edward Snowden has likely violated many laws, but, absent additional facts, treason is not one of them.

One Congressman thinks it would be a good idea to treat journalists as criminals.

Meet Edward Snowden, the 29 year old CIA/NSA contractor who has confessed to leaking the details of the NSA’s data mining projects.

Will voters care about the revelations about NSA data mining? Signs point to no.

Not only do we not know the whole story of the NSA data mining operation, key details of what thought we knew are wrong.

Big Brother is doing more than just checking your phone records.

The NSA’s data mining project is about more than just subpoenas for cell phone records.

Apparently, it’s not just reporters whose phone logs the Obama administration is tracking.

What’s going on in England and Sweden?

The government of Malaysia paid a lot of money to get some blogs placed at various outlets.

Conservatives complaining about biased coverage from the liberal media should instead look in the mirror.

Issue #700 marks the final issue of Amazing Spider-Man and Peter Parker’s run as that character. For now.

It’s okay to criticize military veterans–even if you never served in the military.

It’s still possible for Mitt Romney to win this election, but is it probable?