Outside the Beltway

Dr. Keith Ablow lays out the case that President Obama is conducting psychological warfare on us.

Apparently, some significant number of people are starving themselves to “save calories” for getting drunk.

Habemus Papam

John Karlin, an industrial psychologist for Bell Labs that you’ve probably never heard of, has died aged 94.

A wonderfully descriptive story in the New York Times Style section that’s almost surely mere anecdote being touted as trend.

A columnist for The Guardian says she wishes her mother had aborted her.

Albert Mannes shaved his head when he started to go bald. Now, he has done research showing it was a wise decision.

Our psychological and cultural biases make evaluating information and arguments rationally next to impossible.

Ted Nugent, whose music I really liked when I was in junior high school, said something vile and crazy.

Once again, those predictions of $5.00 gas may have been much ado about nothing.

Solutions come from understanding, not denial or political posturing

My armchair pop psychology on George Zimmerman, the man who gunned down innocent black teenager Trayvon Martin, appears on target.

Reading journal articles, so you don’t have to.

Maggie Gallagher’s anti-gay marriage argument is an example of pure conservative thinking.

If there’s anyone out there, why haven’t we heard from them yet?

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

Have Republicans been co-opted by the Big Government they claim to hate?

Any politician telling you that solving our problems will be easy is lying to you.

Yet another study shows that people who drink diet soda actually gain weight. But it probably doesn’t matter, since that’s not why people drink them.

The GOP doesn’t have a charismatic superstar waiting in the wings. That’s okay.

Some French politicians and intellectuals seem offended that Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being treated like a common criminal.

Requiring people with ethical conflicts to disclose them leads to more bad behavior, not less, a new study finds.

Can most people learn the traits to be highly successful in business?

Will one of the worst natural disasters to hit Japan in centuries change the relationship between the Japanese government and the people?

Northwestern’s Human Sexuality course includes a naked woman being brought to orgasm with a dildo.

The American right has become infected with the notion that Barack Obama isn’t just wrong, but evil. That won’t be healthy in the long run.

Michael Medved wishes that conservatives would stop implying that the President of the United States wants to destroy the United States.

Yet another study finds conservatives wildly underrepresented in higher education.

A new study casts new light on the importance of testing students to reinforce their grasp of information.

Sarah Palin was “interviewed” by Sean Hannity last night. I doubt she helped herself.

What’s up with McCain and DADT?

Newt Gingrich for President ? You might want to think twice about that, Republicans.

To earn a Medal of Honor commit a multi-part act of near comic-book-style heroism and, more often than not, die. Pentagon committees then convene to determine whether your valor merits an award traditionally given for acts so brave that no one would have even thought to complain if the soldier had neglected to do them.

The coalition of voters that propelled Barack Obama to an historic victory in 2008 is seemingly falling apart, and the President is reacting by blaming the voters.

Today’s college students are 40 percent less empathetic than they were thirty years ago. Is our political culture to blame?

For many reasons, the housing market is unlikely to fully recover for the foreseeable future.

Radio host Dr. Laura Schlessinger is quitting her radio show following a firestorm over her use of the N-word.

Attractive women face discrimination when applying for “masculine” jobs. The benefit from their attractiveness in all other jobs, however.

Can a public university expel a student for a religiously-motivated aversion to homosexuality?

Will a debate over foreign policy tear apart the GOP ? Probably not.

Parenting is hard work and kids are a giant pain. Is it worth it?