Outside the Beltway

An attempt to connect higher education and political violence.

The prize: sick and dead US children

And thoughts about Trump’s economic approach to date.

Will discusses a nascent university and in doing so produced a cliched column about higher education.

The WSJ doesn’t like Stanford’s attempt to make its website more inclusive.

Brussels has gotten ahead of Washington in regulating mostly American-based Internet companies.

The ferocity of the global reaction to Putin’s invasion is stunning.

Mediocre legal education doesn’t pay.

The longtime public servant has died, aged 100.

It will be symbolic, but the symbol will be an anti-democratic one.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court held oral argument in a series of cases asking it to decide if existing civil rights laws cover discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.

A familiar name has entered the race for the Democratic Senate nomination in Massachusetts.

Once again, President Trump is doing Vladimir Putin’s bidding.

The junior Senator from Massachusetts could be facing a big challenge in 2020.

Billionaire Tom Steyer is apparently planning to enter the 2020 Democratic Presidential race.

Some vaccines lose effectiveness more quickly–and others last much longer—than previously understood.

A WaPo writer takes a round-about path to demonstrate the obvious.

Actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman are the most famous of dozens of rich folks trying to get their kids into elite schools.

All three of the elected state officials in Virginia are under some kind of cloud, and nobody seems to know what’s going to happen next.

Elizabeth Warren has released a DNA report showing that she does indeed have some Native American heritage in her family’s past. That won’t stop conservatives from continuing to attack her, though.

After roughly a week of staying silent, President Trump decided last night to openly mock Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.

There should be no question about a request to interview a former US Ambassador.

Thanks to mostly what amounts to bad science reporting in the popular media, a false claim about one of nature’s most mysterious and unique creatures continues to spread.

While everyone is paying attention to the government shutdown, the Trump Administration is preparing for a never-ending, unwise, and unauthorized military commitment in Syria.