Outside the Beltway

Apparently, people who work for the government are surfing the World Wide Web.

The Spread Your Wings Edition OTB Caption Contest^TM is now over.

Last night’s Huckabee Presidential Forum was different, and surprisingly substantive.

Is technology making retail politics less important?

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the green beret as the official headgear of US Army Special Forces.

Now that Occupy Wall Street is unable to occupy Wall Street, its leaders will have to come up with new ways to keep the pressure on. Some crazies are threatening to take the movement over in the meantime.

A trailer for Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr. Fox using dialogue from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds

Last night’s debate was about more than Rick Perry’s gaffe.

Another potential problem for the Cain campaign.

Andy Rooney made his last appearance as a regular commenter on “60 Minutes” last night but says he’s not retiring because “writers don’t retire.”

Stephen Hill, a US soldier serving in Iraq, was booed by some members of the audience at last night’s Republican debate.

Last night’s Republican debate is likely to raise more questions about Rick Perry in the minds of voters.

If you haven’t experienced the joys of peddling around Germany with 15 of your closest friends while enjoying several liters of Munich’s finest, you’re too late.

George Lucas is once again “enhancing” his epic films for the upcoming Blu-Ray release.

When one adopts a one-word pseudo-elfin name, one might expect a spot of trouble

Fascinating exchange from the late 1970s.

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?

The debate format was the biggest loser last night, but there were a few memorable moments in New Hampshire.

Where’s the line when a public figure interacts with a teenage fan?

Charging soldiers $200 for an extra bag on their way home for war? Really Delta?

Has technology robbed us of more than it’s given in return?

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver have announced their separation after 25 years of marriage.

Mashup videos: Iron Maiden and The Monkees (“The Trooper Believer”) and Pink Floyd and Bee Gees (“Stayin’ Alive in the Wall”)

Video entertainment is moving in two seemingly opposite directions simultaneously.

The duty to defend “hateful, extremely disrespectful, and enormously intolerant” expression.

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.

An offhand comment in my post “Obama Killed Cap’n Crunch” sparked inquiries about the fate of the General Mills line of cereals featuring monster characters.

A new site will identify news articles based on press releases rather than journalism.

As in Baharain, the Libyan Government has reacted violently to the populist uprising sweeping the Arab world. The difference is the Libyans are doing it largely without anyone noticing

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

Shirley Sherrod’s lawsuit against Andrew Brietbart promises to be an interesting test of the boundaries of defamation law in the political blogosphere.

Here’s how terrorists get past airport security: don’t bother to go through it.