Outside the Beltway

You thought you’d seen the worst of Congress in July? Oh, you silly American you.

A few liberal law professors say Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg should resign now so President Obama can pick her successor.

A Federal Appeals Court struck down an Amendment to the Michigan Constitution today as unconstitutional.

Cynthia Tucker regrets her support for majority-minority districts.

Trump continues his antics: pulling out 2008 campaign memes and doing his best to paint Obama as a mysterious “other.”

As noted recently, whites are leaving the Democratic Party in droves. Some black Democrats think it’s time to take affirmative action.

For the first time in 35 years, the Senate may finally be on the verge of reforming the filibuster.

Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley wants to fix the filibuster by making Senators actually filibuster. It’s a good idea.

Once again, the political media is wringing it’s hands over “negative” ads. As usual, it’s all a bunch of nonsense.

For the first time ever, white students do not make up a majority among freshmen at the University of Texas at Austin.

The concentration of policy wonks in the Washington-New York-Boston corridor produces skewed analysis.

Jim Webb argues that we should stop measuring diversity by race alone.

Rural whites are outperformed by Jews and Asians and passed over by blacks and Hispanics in the name of “diversity” by elite universities.

When it comes to the Supreme Court, most Americans have no idea what they’re talking about.

An increasing emphasis on high standardized tests scores is hurting efforts to recruit more black and Hispanic students.