Outside the Beltway

A bunch of people talking on cellphones during a plane flight would annoy the heck out of me, but the government shouldn’t be involved in deciding if it should be allowed.

The Tea Party hit another new polling low, but that really shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Is Harvard University the Lake Wobegon of the Ivy League or are Harvard students really that smart?

Once again, pretty much everybody hates Congress. However, it’s unclear if that will matter come Election Day.

The faux scandal of today comes to us courtesy of The Daily Caller: “Michelle Obama’s Princeton classmate is executive at company that built Obamacare website.”

Divided government is the worst political system ever, except for all the others.

The real world impact of what’s happening in Washington is becoming apparent.

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

The political polarization we saw during the Bush Presidency has continued throughout the Obama Presidency.

Unfortunately, our immigration debate is just plain dumb.

President Obama has appointed a lot of donor’s and supporters to plumb Ambassadorial slots. That’s not at all unusual.

Two polls indicate that most Americans oppose the President’s latest moves on Syria. This makes sense considering actual policy there seems to be entirely incoherent.

Congress gets bad grades in Gallup’s latest poll, and gridlock is the main reason

A George W. Bush renaissance? Not exactly.

How would the addition of Susan Rice and Samantha Power to the President’s foreign policy team affect policy toward Syria’s civil war?

General Petreaus is now Dr. Petraeus and will be teaching a 1-1 load a the City University of New York.

There’s a very simple reason why gun control is stalling in Congress despite its popularity in the polls.

Susan Patton, president of Princeton’s Class of 1977, offers some retro advice to her successors: Find a husband while you’re still in school.

A positive political climate for immigration reform.

Based on the polls, the odds of some changes to America’s gun control laws will become law. It’s unlikely they’ll accomplish anything, though.

The title of most impressive Heisman winner of all time goes to Pete Dawkins, who won the award in 1958.

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

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

A surprise Friday resignation at the CIA.

Hillary Clinton doesn’t have much sympathy for her former aide’s inability to “have it all.”

Seth Mnookin laments a series of embarrassing failures in science writing in recent months but rejoices in the rich dialog that followed.

Jimmy Carter’s ex-presidency has lasted the equivalent of 26 Iranian hostage crises.

In a groundbreaking investigative report, the New York Times has found that it’s easier to raise children if there are two parents and two incomes than one parent and one income.

Scientists have made a major step toward unlocking one of the biggest mysteries of particle physics

Supreme Court watchers have been speculating since Sunday night about who might have leaked confidential court information to the press.