Outside the Beltway

One thread that runs through most explanations for Tuesday’s result.

Beyond politics, there’s culture.

Hubris has set back the cause of science.

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

The stakes of losing will be catastrophic. Either way.

A glance at Memeorandum demonstrates a problem that we’ve mentioned numerous times over the years.

My latest for The National Interest, “Neoconservatives, the Iraq Debate and Ad Hominem Attacks,” has posted.

A Reuters political blogger has set tongues wagging about the possibility another First Lady might run for the U.S. Senate.

Hillary Clinton is getting offers from universities to add her name and presence.

Taxing Ammunition Should Be Considered to Reduce Gun Violence

Getting to the heart of the problem from my POV (plus historical numbers).

Rex Huppke reports, “Facts died Wednesday, April 18, after a long battle for relevancy with the 24-hour news cycle, blogs and the Internet.”

Yet another study finds conservatives wildly underrepresented in higher education.

Former Senator Alan Simpson is fighting back against the critics on the left and the right who are shooting down the Deficit Commission’s plan before it’s even been released.

Is the current media environment a problem for proper political discourse?

72 percent of black babies are born to unmarried mothers today, compared to 17 percent of Asians, 29 percent of whites, 53 percent of Hispanics and 66 percent of Native Americans.