Outside the Beltway

Do ideologically radical professors impose their biases on their students?

A new study finds that college tuition costs could be cut in half if lazy professors got off their butts.

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

When John McCain declared that Sarah Palin could beat President Obama, it was easy to dismiss. But when the architect of the Democratic strategy in 2008, says the same thing, you have to listen.

Desperate women are finding some horrific ways to terminate their pregnancies. Some are being arrested for it.

Unemployment was high when Barack Obama took office and it’s gotten substantially higher. Does that mean he won’t get re-elected?

Cynthia Tucker regrets her support for majority-minority districts.

Thousands of pedestrians are killed in America each year. Are we doing enough about it?

Prisons can be so overcrowded as to constitute cruel and inhuman punishment.

Some think that 2012 will be like 1992. However, that analogy is problematic.

The Republican candidates of 2012 are so weak because of GOP losses in 2004 and 2006 Senate and gubernatorial races.

A Texas high school student who was kicked off her high school’s cheerleading squad after refusing to cheer for her rapist had her lawsuit dismissed as frivolous and was ordered to pay $45,000 in legal fees.

The debate over “enhanced interrogations” has been renewed by the bin Laden mission, but whether it “worked” or not isn’t the question.

The myth that the U.S. armed and trained Osama bin Laden in the early 80’s is rearing its ugly head again.

The impact of the death of Osama bin Laden on the domestic politics is likely to be minimal at best.

I don’t feel the jubilation that came with Saddam Hussein’s capture in December 2003. Sadly, I know better this time.

Montana Congressman Denny Rehberg is catching some flak for complaining that he’s “struggling like everyone else” despite a net worth in the millions.

Most good government jobs require a college degree–but they don’t care much whether it’s a real one.

An aide’s compliment about the president “leading from behind” has generated controversy.

So, some bright people are surprised at new polling showing that a significant minority of Southerners have not enthusiastically embraced their ancestors’ loss in the Civil War.

An increasing number of bright observers are questioning the notion that everyone needs to go to college.

With all the birther talk these days, it’s probably time to question whether we even need the “natural born citizen” rule anymore.

It may be time to change rules keeping women out of combat roles. But “fairness” isn’t the right question.

In all honesty, much of what is coming out of the mouths of self-described conservatives is actually pretty darn radical.

My first piece for The American Conservative, which they’ve titled “War Isn’t for Everyone–The military needs civilian control, not citizen soldiers,” is in the May issue.

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

The duty to defend “hateful, extremely disrespectful, and enormously intolerant” expression.

Can a candidate appealing enough to the base to win the Republican nomination beat Obama?

The “Obama Doctrine,” such as it is, seems to boil down to moral self-certainty combined with a glaring ignorance of reality. That’s a dangerous combination.

Ten days after sending American forces into kinetic military action in Libya, President Obama addressed the nation to explain “what we’ve done, what we plan to do, and why this matters to us.”

Xavier Alvarez lied about having been awarded the Medal Of Honor. Should that be a crime? The Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals says no, and they’re right.

Operation Odyssey Dawn has resurrected the eternal battle over what limits there are, and should be, on the President’s ability to use military force without Congressional authorization.

There must be a predisposition against war and we should only engage in just wars.

What are the limits of Resolution 1973? Are there any?

America is about to enter a third war in the Muslim world with no clear idea of the end game.

President Obama is once again catching flak for his leisure activities.

Recent events in Wiscosin seem to undercut the hypothesis that public sector unions have undue political influence.

The CNN Effect has given away to Twitter Standard Time.

Paul Krugman admits that he doesn’t bother to read conservative commentary. Should he?

It’s institutions of government – not its size – that matter when it comes to how good a job the government does.

In just over a decade, America has gone from a bipartisan consensus that torture and brutality are bad to a bipartisan consensus that they’re necessary.

The saga of accused Wikileaks conspirator Bradley Manning continues to get uglier, with the military acknowledging that he was forced to spend the day naked for, well, no apparent reason.

Two new polls reflect the extent to which public attitudes on same-sex marriage have changed dramatically over the past twenty years, and it’s only a matter of time before that’s reflected in the law.

It’s time to end the ability of public sector labor unions to hold taxpayers hostage.

Should employers be allowed to ask for your Facebook login as a condition of employment?

In a new Gallup poll, Americans rank Ronald Reagan as America’s Greatest President.

Is social media killing electronic mail?

The Obama Justice Department says it can look at phone records without warrants or judicial oversight.

I simply do not know enough expletives to adequately express how truly horrible this film was.

Is the only possible motivation conservatives could possibly have for calling out the lunatic fringe a desire for the acceptance of liberals?