Outside the Beltway

They were looking for a show to steal. They were fine with contracts that bind. And they were willing to make a deal

An illustration from the Charlie Kirk discourse as to why stories like the TAMU firing matter.

And let’s look at the catalog, shall we?

The mathematician best known for his satirical songs is gone at 97.

A breaking of the social contract.

The incentives for creating quality content are diminishing by the day.

Resisting gaslighting must be social. It’s crucial for those who oppose Trump’s falsehoods to remind each other, again and again, that 2 + 2 = 4.

Spoiler alert: This is going to be a disaster

The media, the academy, and the courts, are all in the crosshairs.

Elite American universities are surrending at an astonishing pace.

Our leaders are afraid to lead.

In the interests of full disclosure.

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.