Outside the Beltway

The Secretary of the Navy supports the man who hired him. Who knew?

Administrations are struggling to handle the biggest wave of student protests in generations.

I know a fireable offense when I see it.

The DeSantis crackdown on academic freedom is having its desired effect.

His column in the Houston Chronicle fails to impress.

Don’t offend the Lt. Governor in Texas.

He’s getting what he wants.

A pending lawsuit seeks to settle those questions.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

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

How much blame did the 70-year constitutional monarch share?

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

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

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

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

Ron DeSantis and friends are afraid of higher education.

A truly bizarre controversy at Chapel Hill.

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.

Presidents have appointed loyalists since time immemorial. Has this one gone too far?

There’s an inherent tension in our national ethos.

Randa Jarrar was classless and contemptible, which is protected by the First Amendment. As a tenured state employee so is her job.

A stupid comment about Hurricane Harvey cost a Florida professor his job.

There are growing signs that the Deep State is seeking to thwart legal orders from President Trump. This is dangerous.

The host of a weekend show on MSNBC is angry that the network wants her to talk about the presidential race.

Massive boycotts and protests likely spell the end of Tim Wolfe’s tenure as president.

Should a professor who says she “hates Republicans” keep her job?

The “open and free” Internet is an ideal type, not a myth.

While I concur with the “intent, justice, legality, and morality” of the decision, I nonetheless oppose it.

Humanitarian wars have their own grammar but not their own logic.

Your humble host is making a career move.

It would be nice if people who make authoritative decisions had some idea what they are talking about.

A blog post lampooning black studies dissertations got a writer fired, setting off a controversy over the limits of free speech.

The MLA is pushing to guarantee adjunct professors $40,000 a year.

Vehement disagreement with the policy views of a country and prejudice based on immutable traits are not the same.

The Obama Justice Department is siding against historians trying to protect the confidentiality of their sources.

Is asking to see a professor’s e-mails a legitimate open records request or is it an attempt at silencing a critic?

The Fox News headline “University of Illinois Instructor Fired Over Catholic Beliefs” is grossly misleading.