Outside the Beltway

It’s the 5% versus the 1% moreso than the 99% against the 1%.

Let’s see if there is evidence to support the assertion.

Contrary to myth, the college classroom is a rapidly evolving place.

Rick Perry isn’t as radical as some on the left are saying, but that doesn’t mean he’s any good.

In the book he released last year , Rick Perry advocated far reaching changes to the Constitution.

Every episode of every live action Star Trek series is now free for streaming from Amazon.

Some thoughts on the riots (especially some US partisan responses to it).

The Obama Justice Department is siding against historians trying to protect the confidentiality of their sources.

It’s often said that 1950s sex symbol Marilyn Monroe was a size 12. It just isn’t so.

There’s precedent for this sort of thing happening and the candidate making the comeback. And you don’t have to go back too far.

Business Week’s cover story examines the coming implosion of the US Postal Service as we know it.

It’s Campaign Fact of Life No. 1: If you aren’t a factor in the race, you aren’t going to get free media.

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.

George Mason University law students are petitioning against the requirement to pay $136 to rent cap and gown regalia in order to attend their graduation ceremony.

IBM’s Watson computer crushed human competitors on Jeopardy. What does it mean?

For many Ph.Ds, the Ed.D. represents the ticket to the administrative high life, the white flag to academic scholarship, and the tramp stamp of the compromising careerist.

Mob Boss Tommy Shots Gioeli Blogs From Jail

The in-dash CD player is being rapidly phased out.

The US has limited influence over events in Egypt–something that recent history should underscore (although not everyone appears to understand this fact).

Actor Alec Baldwin is among hundreds being targeted by New York City for tax evasion. Is it reasonable to have to prove where you live?

The home mortgage interest deduction benefits Democrat-voting states most! Is the fix in?

A new study casts new light on the importance of testing students to reinforce their grasp of information.

The same people who were complaining a week ago that the media was obsessed with Sarah Paln are now complaining that a media figure has suggested she doesn’t deserve the coverage she gets.

Greg Mankiw has a plan for cutting the deficit.

Sarah Palin released a statement today about the Arizona shootings and the debate that has followed. It’s unlikely to help her.

We’re producing more PhDs and JDs than there are full time openings for professors and lawyers.

Is Congress too small and unequal to do its job?

“If you can’t afford to hire a bartender, you shouldn’t be having a party.” That’s the mantra of New York hipsters.

Would returning to indirect election of Senators really have a significant impact on the growth of the Federal Government? Probably not.

Further thoughts on a rather radical proposed Amendment to the Constitution, prompted by a link from Instapundit.

Incoming House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is speaking positively about an Amendment that would drastically alter the relationship between the Federal Government and the states, and a method of ratifying it that could do serious damage to the Constitution as a whole.

Mike Bloomberg says we’re electing people to Congress who “can’t read” and “don’t have passports.”

The battle between social and fiscal conservatives continues, with the SoCons now saying that criticism of South Carolina Senator Jim DeMint is now considered evidence of ideological impurity.

The latest story being repeated by the conservative talking heads is the claim that President Obama will be spending $ 200 million per day on his upcoming overseas trip. The problem is that it’s not true.

Isn’t that a strange goal? Shouldn’t college prepare students to have better lives later on?

Amazon is making the complete “I Love Lucy” television series — a whopping 5394 minutes of entertainment on 34 discs — available for one day only at $84.99.

Reports of voting irregularity in precincts across the country are threatening to further undermine voter confidence in the legitimacy of election outcomes. There’s a simple solution.