Outside the Beltway

Not just dumb, but dangerous too.

Harlan Ellison, part 1.

Don’t panic!

Dictating the curriculum from on high.

Praise for and debate over a classic film.

This week: cartoons!

With pundits like this, no wonder we have the problems we have.

The final part of our 4-part discussion of TNG season 1!

Having set the region afire, he’s prepared to let others clean up the mess.

The good, the bad, and the meh of TNG season 1.

TNG Part 2!

Talkin’ ST: TNG, Part 1

Or, why having simpletons in charge is a bad idea.

Time for a close encounter. Can you guess what kind?

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

This week: “The Terminator”

If you don’t collect the data, the problem disappears, right?

Being nice at dinner is easy.

Public perception is not aligned with the top level data.

An Example of How Institutions Matter.

Despite recent obsession with him, Saul Alinsky’s work has not garnered much attention from political scientists.

Science fiction writers have envisioned men flying around in their own personal jetpacks for decades. It may finally be a reality.

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

Gary Weddle, a schoolteacher from East Wenatchee, Washington, has cut his beard after waiting almost ten years for Osama bin Laden to be killed.

And when did it know it?

The birthers are dead (kinda), so long live the transcripters!

America’s war colleges have some problems but we can’t close them.

Zsa Zsa Gabor’s 67-year-old husband says he and the 94-year-old actress are seeking to have a child through a surrogate.

A NATO airstrike killed 13 rebel fighters, who were mistaken for Gaddafi’s forces. Apparently, they were shooting at NATO planes.

The experiences of two well-known academics denied tenure at Chicago provide some clues.

A new study finds that the robust growth of the financial sector in the United States in recent decades has come at the expense of entrepreneurship.

Evolution is falsifiable and biology is a science. Economics might be.