Outside the Beltway

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

He’s getting what he wants.

After giving a softball interview, he apparently expected one in return.

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

He’s likely to make heads explode.

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

Whither American civil religion?

ChatGPT is just the latest example of a perverse phenomenon.

There’s training on uncomfortable subjects. Oh noes!

Wherein I examine UATX specifically.

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

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

Do last year’s words belong to last year’s language?

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

A complicated case out of NYU.

There’s much more to the story than meets the eye.

Another journalist has been fired for a cardinal sin.

What are the limits of representation?

Because they’re indoctrinating the youth with their biased agendas and liberal, unfactual diastribes.

His attacks are, in fact, the best case for tenure.

A too-small step in the right direction.

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

Outrage over the outrage is outrageous.

Academic freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.

Tip O’Neil’s famous saying hasn’t been true in a long, long time.

A review and an invitation to discuss.

Most aren’t worth the paper they’re printed on.

A truly bizarre controversy at Chapel Hill.

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

The 6th Circuit is allowing a professor fired for misgendering a transwoman to sue his state university.

What at first blush appears a case of hypocrisy and cancel culture is a violation of professional ethics.

Large chunks of a hackish report were lifted from previous works of Commission members.

The Academy is prioritizing football glory over honor.

73 cadets violated the honor code while taking an exam remotely.

Great journalism can result in lousy history.

Online instruction is an inferior product. But it’s more expensive to deliver.

The hopes of football in the fall are fading fast.

Harvard joins a growing list of universities who will not offer in-person classes this year.

An accomplished racist will no longer be honored by the university.

A too-long discourse on how courts should function.

He revolutionized how we think of male homosexuality.

No. Just no.

Contrary to some expectations, Americans are logging three extra hours of work a day.

Orban has used Covid-19 to kill whatever vestiges of democracy remained.

The university is welcoming students back to campus, even as classes are going online.

She lost in both of her home states. She shouldn’t be embarrassed.

A book out today makes an odd case.