Outside the Beltway

A different take on our political realignment.

Trump’s second term would be much worse than his first.

The book spawned a cottage industry. But did it change the study of economics?

The realignment of America’s political parties wasn’t quite what was hoped.

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

The Republican frontrunner continues to use Hitler’s language, praise dictators, and lionize traitors.

It’s . . . complicated.

The game is the game.

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

He’s getting what he wants.

After giving a softball interview, he apparently expected one in return.

The New York Times looks into ties between a DC area law school and the Supreme Court.

He’s likely to make heads explode.

A key pathway to success for low-income citizens isn’t working.

Whither American civil religion?

ChatGPT is just the latest example of a perverse phenomenon.

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

Will discusses a nascent university and in doing so produced a cliched column about higher education.

A showdown over wages could upend the apprenticeship arrangement that has long characterized graduate education.

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

A complicated case out of NYU.

There’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

Another journalist has been fired for a cardinal sin.

What are the limits of representation?

Because they’re indoctrinating the youth with their biased agendas and liberal, unfactual diastribes.

His attacks are, in fact, the best case for tenure.

A too-small step in the right direction.

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

Academic freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

A review and an invitation to discuss.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

A truly bizarre controversy at Chapel Hill.

Bill Clinton’s strategist thinks his party needs a wake-up call.

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

Large chunks of a hackish report were lifted from previous works of Commission members.

The Academy is prioritizing football glory over honor.

73 cadets violated the honor code while taking an exam remotely.

Great journalism can result in lousy history.

Online instruction is an inferior product. But it’s more expensive to deliver.

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

Harvard joins a growing list of universities who will not offer in-person classes this year.

An accomplished racist will no longer be honored by the university.