Outside the Beltway

Three lives intersected last week at Rutgers University, but one person didn’t make it out alive.

Meghan McCain canceled an appearance at Juniata College with only three days’ notice, citing “several unforeseen professional responsibilities.” She tweeted that she was “headed to sin city with my favorite crew of sinners instead.”

Facebook’s 26-year-old founder, Mark Zuckerberg, is one of the wealthiest men in America. Most of his work force is unpaid.

What’s so wrong with saying that America will survive even if al Qaeda manages to hit us again ?

In yet another sign of how rapidly the media landscape is changing, longtime Newsweek stalwart is leaving for the Huffington Post.

In comments this morning, Justice Stephen Breyer seemed to suggest that Koran burning might not necessarily be Constitutionally protected.

It is impossible to read Dirty, Sexy Politics and come away with the impression that you have read anything other than the completely unedited ramblings of an idiot.

Taking a short trip back in time via Instapundit’s archives reveals a September 11th post that turned out to be prophetic.

The Washington Post’s Jonathan Capehart is suffering a little New Media embarrassment after writing a blog post based on comments by a Congressman who doesn’t exist.

Comments sections on larger blogs seem inevitably to turn into cesspools. Is it worth trying to stop it happening?

Did you know that more Christians than Muslims were victims of hate crimes in America? Did you also know that there are a lot more Christians? Oh. Never mind, then.

The AP will now start mentioning bloggers whose work they use in their stories. Fat lot of good that will do.

CNN’s Rick Sanchez has apologized after referring to Barack Obama as the “cotton-picking president of the United States,” which some have termed “racially tinged.”

Lisa Murkowski’s one chance at political survival if she loses the ongoing vote count in the Alaska GOP Senate Primary has gone out the window.

Your Tweets, Facebook wall posts, and FourSquare announcements obviously provide a lot of insights into your life. But so does what you’re not posting.

House Minority John Boehner is getting a lot of attention for calling for mass firings at the White House. The real news, though, is that his speech is shifting the focus of the political conversation back to the economy. Which is just what the GOP needs.

Technology guru Leo Laporte had been using Google Buzz to aggregate his social media presence for a few weeks and discovered that his feed had stopped going out and discovered that nobody gave a damn.

Sarah Palin’s decision to jump to the defense of “Doctor” Laura Schlessinger has many Republicans confused as to what her plans for the future are.

Wired proclaims, “The Web Is Dead. Long Live the Internet.” It’s great linkbait but completely wrongheaded.

The GOP is playing a dangerous game with the anti-Islamic rhetoric that it seems to be courting these days.

Barack Obama has significantly widened his predecessor’s global war on terrorism, even if he’s no longer calling it that.

My SiteMeter statistics have suddenly become much less useful. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Blogs are all grown up now and indistinguishable from other online media.

A growing number of conservatives are in dismay about the state of their movement.

The Internet has given us many good things, but it’s also led to a decline in political discourse that we’d do well to reverse before it’s too late.

If it’s online, it’s forever.

The inside story about a crappy wireless network’s loveless marriage with a beauty queen phone.

While people keep flocking to Facebook in droves, the site has the lowest satisfaction rating of any e-business site.

WaPo’s Breaking News Blog highlights a story that is, well, hardly breaking news: inconsiderate people on the DC subway.

Sarah Palin tweeted, and took the wrong side in a story that doesn’t even deserve to be a controversy.

Stan McChrystal’s boys had “Team America” patches made up.

If Jon Kyl’s recent comments are any indication, Republicans haven’t learned their lesson just yet.

News headlines are increasingly divorced from the article content, with serious connotations for a nation of skimmers.

What do you do when you’ve reached Twitter Terminal Velocity?

We’re all unpaid employees of Facebook.

One year ago today, Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska after only 2 1/2 years in office.

Miss yesterday’s opening round of the Kagan hearings ? You didn’t miss much.