Outside the Beltway

Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring today and will swear his former law clerk in his replacement.

Phoenix, DeVry, and other scam colleges have reached a settlement.

The Washington Post has fired a reporter for her rants against colleagues.

Yet another study that confirms my pre-existing biases.

Who gets to claim Latino heritage?

Quite often, political fights are about attitudes rather than issues and polices.

POLITICO has obtained what purports to be the 1st draft of the opinion.

It’s happened. What does it mean?

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

We did much better in 2020 and worse since 2021 than we thought.

A protest against vaccine mandates is growing with a little help from our adversaries.

Can the Misery Index be far behind?

And yes, it is political (and always has been).

The downside to online archives of pre-print articles.

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

A provision of the 14th Amendment to keep Civil War generals out of office is back in play.

Yes the riots were a disgrace but the Democrats . . . .

Apparently, New York and Oregon are not the same place.

Hesitancy is a complex phenomenon largely immune to facts.

Some stories of possible interest.

Not every argument can be tested on a Pinocchio scale.

We’re three short years from the next election.

An interesting argument, albeit about a tiny and vastly over-discussed segment.

It’s usually more effective to run for something rather than against someone.

The Politician’s Syllogism rears its ugly head.

It’s happening again. This time, it was easily preventable.

Mediocre legal education doesn’t pay.

The two-time Pulitzer winner is considering a career change.

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

It’s not perfect but it beats our usual approach to picking winners and losers.

Thinking about party evolution and behavior going into 2022.

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

The indicators are pointing in the direction of caffeine being good for most people.

Should he be worried about the appearance of partisan gaming?

If the younger generation seems to be maturing later, there are good reasons.

Another early COVID myth has been shattered.

Are we thinking about job training all wrong?

An exceptional choice that breaks the recent tradition of politicos in the post.

Also some ironic positions on capitalism.

The fear of missing out is strong.

The loaners, the dreamers, and schemes.

We’re witnessing something not seen since 1989.

It’s time to up our protection game.

A large, well-trained police force was unprepared for a foreseeable crisis.

Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, and Charles Kushner are among last night’s lucky recipients.

The science and ethics are not the hardest part of determining who should go first.

They know Trump lost the election yet are aiding his outrageous assault on democracy.

A rather remarkable milestone in that it’s coming so late.

The degree to which the country is divided is truly shocking.