Outside the Beltway

Don’t blame Dallas, or 60s era Texas conservatism, for what happened in Dallas 50 years ago,

Can differences in media coverage of two unrelated filibusters be explained solely by media bias?

Hillary Clinton is getting offers from universities to add her name and presence.

Bradley Manning was acquitted of the most serious charge against him, but is still likely to spend most of his life in prison.

People who drink more coffee are less likely to kill themselves.

Some thoughts on a decade old video in which Samantha Power speculates on actions to take against an unfolding genocide.

President Obama is rightly outraged by a wave of sexual assaults in the military. He unwittingly made them harder to prosecute.

The drip, drip, drip in Richmond is turning into a flood.

A new theory circulating on the right asserts that IRS targeting of Tea Party groups had an impact on the 2012 elections by diminish the Tea Party’s effectiveness. It’s mostly nonsense.

Getting the courts involved in the organ transplant issue could end up being a huge mistake.

The economics of higher education is increasing the gap between rich and poor.

The man who changed the way Americans viewed newspapers, just before newspapers themselves began getting pushed aside by technology, has died at the age of 89.

The Defense Of Marriage Act didn’t fare very well during today’s Supreme Court oral arguments.

Tony Schwartz says, “Relax! You’ll Be More Productive.”

Andrew Bacevich bemoans the social impact of the all-volunteer force.

Does the public still care about the personal transgressions of politicians? The evidence seems to suggest they don’t.

A rich child is 45 percent more likely to earn a four-year college degree than a poor one.

The National Intelligence Council has released its quadrennial strategic forecast, Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds.

Want to teach political science for a living? Go to one of a handful of top schools or don’t bother.

Ross Douthat says American women should stop being decadent and have more babies, explaining that raising children is easier than it used to be, so there’s really no excuse for women to be so selfish.

Harvard’s pet conservative offers a critique of the Democratic Party that reads like something from the OTB comments section.

The best single means of becoming such an economic winner is to gain admission to a top university

Republicans used to dominate California. Now, they’re barely a factor in the state’s politics.

Turning young voters into Young Republicans isn’t going to be an easy thing for the GOP to pull off.

Donald Trump has yet again duped the media into giving him attention by hyping a “bombshell” that turned out to be a nothing-burger.

First in a series of posts looking at the substance of the final presidential debate, ostensibly about foreign policy.

Younger voters are starting to become as cynical as the rest of us.

Barack Obama attended Martha Raddatz’ wedding. Now, she’s moderating the VP debate. Conspiracy!

While the conspiracy theory is nuts, there are legitimate reasons to be skeptical of some elements of September’s Jobs Report.