Outside the Beltway

For the first time in more than thirty years, NASA is preparing to unveil a program to allow civilians to travel to the International Space Station.

The Trump Administration continues to misstate what the DPRK agreed to regarding its nuclear program. That’s why talks between the two nations are stalled.

The last of the World War II code talkers from the Mohawk tribe has passed away at the age of 94

While mildly embarrassing, it’s unlikely to have much impact on the race.

According to one new study, President Trump’s tweets aren’t having the same impact they used to.

A new report indicates that Russian social media trolls are involved in spreading anti-vaccination propaganda in the United States and elsewhere.

Thanks largely to anti-vaccination propaganda, the Centers for Disease Control reports that measles cases in the U.S. are at a level unseen in a quarter century.

The DPRK sent a message to the United States over the weekend, but it’s unlikely the President was listening.

President Trump says he wants to see men back on the Moon by 2024, but NASA thinks it’s going to take longer than that.

Earlier this week, SpaceX deployed the first 60 satellites in a network that could result in Internet access from virtually anywhere in the world.

Gone are ‘climate change’ and ‘skeptic.’ In are ‘global heating’ and ‘denier.’

I’m not sure his solution is correct or even legal. But the problem is very real.

One of the most well-known architects of the modern era has passed away.

There are better ways to use surplus Pell funds.

China has retaliated for the tariffs that the President imposed late last week, and things look like they’re only going to get worse.

This could be a very big deal – unless it isn’t.

As the Friday deadline for trade talks with China approaches, President Trump is threatening even more tariffs.

A Virginia Judge has ruled that automated license plate collection systems violate state law.

Matt Bernius and I collaborated on an essay for Defense One.

In a recent speech, President Trump made claims about abortion that are manifestly untrue but which his pro-life supporters continue to believe.

Yesterday, Microsoft became the third American company to reach $1 trillion in market value.

Some vaccines lose effectiveness more quickly–and others last much longer—than previously understood.

Japan will be getting a new Emperor on May 1st. That means a new calendar and a whole lot of headaches.

The DOJ failed to apply best practices, doing a disservice to researchers.

As Democrats at the state level seek to limit the ability of parents to decline to vaccinate their children. they are facing resistance from Republican colleagues.

Breaking up is hard to do.

As a no-deal Brexit becomes more likely, the EU is taking things personally.

History’s first all-female spacewalk was thwarted by a lack of smaller suits.

Lock them up.

The Trump Administration still doesn’t have realistic goals for its negotiations with North Korea.

Looking to OTB readers for insights into an argument with which I’m struggling.

Not good, not easy to win.

Mandatory vaccination laws raise personal liberty issues that ought to be taken seriously, but in the end, public health concerns weigh heavily in favor of laws mandating vaccination.

It’s that time of year again, and once again people are asking if it isn’t time to drop the whole ritual of changing time every six months altogether.

The response to the latest outbreak of the Ebola Virus has both succeeded and failed in several response.

I was wr-r-r-r-r-ong.

The first test flight of SpaceX’s Crew Dragon appears to have been an all-around success.

A decade-long study once again establishes that there is no link between childhood vaccination and autism.

In the wake of the failure of the Hanoi Summit to reach any agreement at all, North Korea appears to be returning to old form.

Measles cases in the United States are surging thanks to the lies spread by the anti-vaccination movement.

A successful launch for SpaceX and NASA and a successful beginning to the return of American manned spaceflight.

Early tomorrow morning, NASA and SpaceX will be testing a crucial part of America’s return to manned space flight.

While the rest of the world looks at other events, tensions are flaring in a long-standing global hot spot.

Is 50 percent too high a take? Or the best deal in town?

Congressional negotiators have reportedly reached a budget deal, but it’s not clear if the President will agree to it.

Congress appears to be near a deal on border security and government funding, but it’s unclear if the President will be on board.

They’ve gotten better at solving CAPTCHAs than we are.

The American withdrawal from the I.N.F. Treaty gives Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants.

A new study reveals that the Republican tax cut package passed at the end of 2017 has not had the economic impact the GOP claimed it would.

As the shutdown enters its thirty-fourth day and the Senate gets ready to vote on proposals that have no chance of succeeding, Democrats are preparing a new proposal.