Outside the Beltway

What are the limits of representation?

An odd kerfuffle in local education politics.

The SAT is a poor measure of college aptitude but it’s better than most others.

A Black columnist argues that Will Smith set back a whole race.

If this is the best they have, they don’t have a lot

A man most have never heard of is being reassessed more than a half-century after his death.

Surprisingly, yes.

A too-small step in the right direction.

I’m shocked, shocked, to find that this is happening here.

Since when is it a crime to say stupid things on “The View”?

When “obviously qualified” apparently isn’t enough

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

The 46th President will follow the lead of the 40th in making a historic appointment.

Once again, today marks a day where folks who would never have supported Dr. King decide they should praise him

The safety gap between affluent, white and poor, minority communities has grown over the last three decades.

A pioneering Black actor is gone at 94.

When life doesn’t imitate art.

Two controversial monuments are gone.

A just verdict—but just a verdict.

The average American is neither progressive nor all that interested in politics.

Another example for the conversation.

A favorite anecdote from Robert Caro’s first masterpiece is likely untrue.

Mayor Pete is being mocked for telling obvious truths.

A former cast member charges that the show about equality wasn’t equal.

A spectacular fall for a man who has been at the center of the football world for three decades.

“The Closer” delivers more of what people love and hate about the GOAT.

The long demographic trend continues.

Legislatures and school boards politicize what our kids are taught.

It goes into effect next season.

Lymantria dispar just doesn’t have the same ring to it.

UNC’s loss is the nation’s most prestigious HBCU’s gain.

New York Times columnists are not a representative sample.

Critical race theory rears its ugly head yet again.

A pandemic and the rise of Zoom meetings unleashed an academic theory into the wild.

It passed the Senate unanimously.

Well, nothing of course.

A recent poll provides interesting insights.

A third of the party’s Members of Congress voted against a popular bill.

The latest bogey man is likely not well understood.

The least controversial subject in school is suddenly controversial.

Bill Clinton’s strategist thinks his party needs a wake-up call.

It’s harder than a looks, especially given the limited size of the problem.

The latest variant of the “No Justice, No Peace” threat is unhelpful.

A criminal trial is a poor venue for solving society’s problems.

Is he bogarting all the good documentaries?

His stale jokes about eating dog have drawn fire for years.

The U.S. Senators and a U.S. Representative beg to differ.

A mass shooting in Atlanta draws attention to a problem of which I was only tangentially aware.