Outside the Beltway

The FBI committed gross malfeasance in building a case against the widow of Omar Mateen. She nonetheless bears significant blame for 53 deaths.

A blog post and resulting Twitter exchange point to a larger problem in our political dialog.

The grand gesture may put undue pressure on women in making an important life decision.

The danger of saying stupid things online apparently has not sunk in with some people.

Those with the means can buy their way out of more and more of life’s inconveniences.

What is the appropriate response to someone who’s acting like a jerk?

There’s no consensus for European-style social democracy or a Randian libertarian paradise.

While elite schools confer many advantages on their graduates, they also wall them off from normal people and create an entitled, out-of-touch elite.

A bizarre rant in American Spectator contains some interesting thoughts about the nature of America’s political elite.