Outside the Beltway

A Welcome to Wisconsin sign with another sign saying “A Division of Koch Industries” is going around Twitter.

The CNN Effect has given away to Twitter Standard Time.

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

An op-ed by a Hao Leifeng in China’s Global Times argues that “Actor Charlie Sheen is a classic example of the difference in Western and Eastern values and norms.”

Charlie Sheen was the highest paid sitcom actor on the planet. Until a few minutes ago:

Why is Charlie Sheen seen as likable despite his serial abuse of women?

James Franco is a film director, screenwriter, painter, author, performance artist and actor. And working on a PhD at Yale.

LTC Michael Holmes, the fellow who accused LTG William Caldwell of ordering him to perform psychological operations on Members of Congress, is not trained in psyops.

Calls are coming from both sides of the aisle for the U.S. to do “something” about the situation in Libya. It would be better if we didn’t get involved.

Is Jon Stewart a useful idiot?

Either Andrew Breitbart controls the entire media complex or Crooks & Liars jumped the gun. “Figure it out.”

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

Is social media killing electronic mail?

A county in the far southwest corner of Virginia is the latest battle ground in the ongoing battle over the separation of church and state.

Prominent commentators on the Left and Right are amused by an outrageous assault on CBS reporter Lara Logan.

Tweeting feels like IM’ing but it’s more like blogging.

The White House Press Office produces a blog, YouTube channel, Flickr photo stream, Facebook and Twitter profiles, and daily video programming.

JCPenney used black hat SEO to game Google. But Google’s penalties are arguably just as bad. And what about HuffPo?

Hosni Mubarak has stepped down — for reals this time.

They’re from the government, and they’re here to take that tasty snack out of your hands.

A new Wikileaks revelation indicates that the U.S. may have paid a heavy price to get a deal on New START.

Some in Washington are claiming the intelligence community missed the warning signs of unrest in Tunisia and Egypt in what looks like little more than an effort to create scapegoats if things go wrong.

Kenneth Cole used a tongue-in-cheek reference to the Cairo protests to promote its new spring collection.

Egypt entered a second day of chaos with all signs pointing to things getting worse before they get better.

Al Jazeera English is kicking the butts of the American news networks on the Egypt story. Why?

The events in Egypt have led some to ask if the mere act of cutting off access to the Internet is, in itself, an human rights violation.

The Obama administration’s slow and cautious response to Egypt’s protest was frustrating. And correct.

Some thoughts on why certain topics get blogged.

The same people who were complaining a week ago that the media was obsessed with Sarah Paln are now complaining that a media figure has suggested she doesn’t deserve the coverage she gets.