Outside the Beltway

The inevitable pushback against the pushback has begun.

A longtime friend has passed.

Our pacing threat is hiring military veterans with special skills.

The push to return to the office comes with domestic consequences.

There’s an inherent tension in public education.

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

What to call non-crazies who aren’t Democrats?

They average more than any other occupation and considerably more than their European counterparts.

Sanity has prevailed.

The state has banned the teaching of science in science classes.

A tale from the DeSantis’ Woke Wars.

An appropriate step.

Don’t offend the Lt. Governor in Texas.

Doubling down on state standards on slavery.

Tommy Tuberville’s stunt is now impacting the highest levels of the military.

Slavery is an inextricable part of our past, whether we want to talk about it or not.

Another entry into the ongoing performative politics of Ron DeSantis.

We’re seeing our lowest test scores in decades among a key cohort.

Another call for letting kids be kids.

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

When prejudice overrides simple humanity.

The times, they are a-changin’.

A bill in Alabama would bar Chinese nationals from buying property in the state.

The worst of the worst Capitol Riot players have been brought to justice.

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

The Chief Justice’s wife is making a lot of money.

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

Americans are losing confidence in the bargain.

UPenn law professor Amy Wax as a test case.

Teachers are frustrated over interference from outside.

How dare people who paid for a cut-rate degree claim they paid for the good one?

A brief foray into looking at Alabama state policy on fighting addiction.

ChatGPT is just the latest example of a perverse phenomenon.

Understandable outrage at administrative complicity.

Too many jobs needlessly specify a bachelor’s.

A pending Supreme Court ruling could be more impactful than many realize.

A moderate Republican almost diagnoses the problem.

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

What Americans say they want in the Oval Office.

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

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

We can’t find enough people to treat cows, pigs, and horses.

A showdown over wages could upend the apprenticeship arrangement that has long characterized graduate education.

A brilliant national security leader is gone too soon.

The Nebraska Republican got an offer he can’t refuse.

A complicated case out of NYU.

Autocrats facing defeat have all kinds of counterproductive, dangerous ideas.