Outside the Beltway

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

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

A breaking of the social contract.

Trump uses an antisemitic slur.

The administration’s war on higher ed has escalated.

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

A case from rural Alabama.

Machines have been eliminating blue collar jobs for decades. Now they’re coming for white collar jobs.

The Trump administration treats personally disfavored American institutions the way past administrations treated foreign adversaries. His goal is political submission.

The targeting of international students.

But the Trump administration is out to wreck it.

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

Elite American universities are surrending at an astonishing pace.

In the interests of full disclosure.

A different take on our political realignment.

The New College of Florida invites a white supremacist to campus.

More data shows a more complicated picture.

Too many! Too few!

Time may change me, but I can’t trace time.

Is all diversity created equal?

A deep dive into why imperfect Criminal Legal System data is still reliable

Why public attitudes are lagging real world performane.

On the complexity of political funding.

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

Rural Americans are misunderstood!

A major effort to capture the diversity of America.

The roots of MAGA run deep, through places like my old home.

I know a fireable offense when I see it.

Repeated academic integrity violations led to her forced ouster.

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

West Virginia University may be the canary in the coal mine.

His column in the Houston Chronicle fails to impress.

Americans have taken the dominance of the Women’s National Team for granted.

After other controls are applied, household income is still a huge advantage.

The inevitable has happened. Now for the fallout.

Another entry into the ongoing performative politics of Ron DeSantis.

Should we reform the way we train a high-tech workforce?

Some predict a fundamental restructuring of the economy.

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

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

Americans are losing confidence in the bargain.

Truth is not an absolute defense against termination.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

The Supreme Court’s conservative majority is signaling an unfavorable ruling.

A true hodge-podge.