Outside the Beltway

A strange controversy in higher ed.

Nine ideologies. Two parties.

Some empirical insights into American partisan politics.

Undermining the professionalism of the officer corps.

Sounding a barbaric yawp over the streets of the world.

The appointment of white supremacist to a State Department slot creates some thoughts.

Roles have been reversed.

And I read a lot of things.

Miller continues to invite comparisons to the ugliest ideology of the 20th century.

Gone, gone, the damage done.

Even in font selection, it would seem.

With a heavy dose of Christian nationalism.

A reaffirmation rather than a revelation.

A few more details have emerged.

The slur “Trump Derangement Syndrome” unintentionally captures something real about our world.

What was “extreme” a decade ago is now policy.

A review of museums.

We are observing an effort to embed democratically questionable sectarian norms into the day-to-day life of federal workplaces. 

Politicizing scientific inquiry is a bad idea.

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

Thinking about ideology in the Trump era.

The linguistic stylings and white supremacy of Tommy Tuberville.

The administration’s war on higher ed has escalated.

The renaming of the USNS Harvey Milk is a prominent illustration.

A plea to the mass media and anyone else who is guilty.