Outside the Beltway

Should a professor who says she “hates Republicans” keep her job?

Was Man Haron Monis a terrorist, or just a lone nut who had latched on to the rhetoric of ISIS to justify his own delusions? In the end, it hardly matters.

Would increasing the size of the House of Representatives be the cure for what ails Congress?

The “open and free” Internet is an ideal type, not a myth.

Once again, Republicans demonstrate why they have problems with Latino voters.

There are legitimate issues regarding Presidential overreach and separation of powers that President Obama’s actions while in office have raised. But none of that will be discussed in our hyperpartisan political culture.

As the medium matures, something important is being lost.

Committing a crime is bad enough, committing a stupid crime in the dumbest way possible is orders of magnitude bad.

The editorial board of the nation’s newspaper of record laments a quarter century-old trend.

Worst part about being named HaHa Clinton-Dix? ‘The whole President Clinton thing with Monica Lewinsky’

Gizmodo’s Brian Barrett explains “Why the South Fell Apart in the Snow.”

The danger of saying stupid things online apparently has not sunk in with some people.

The trends in President Obama’s approval numbers are not moving in the direction he ought to want them to go.

Norman Geras, scholar and blogger extraordinaire, has passed.

The first poll taken after the shutdown began has little good news for the Republican Party.

Long suffering fans of the Dallas Cowboys, including myself and Steven Taylor, have a love-hate relationship with owner-general manager Jerry Jones. cowb

Are we heading toward an era where a diagnosis of mental illness becomes an instrument for state oppression?

Robert Farley takes a shot across the bow at the academy from the pages of one of his field’s most prestigious journals.

In “‘I Urge You to Drop E67-02’: Course Syllabi by Famous Authors,” Emily Temple collects actual syllabi for college literature courses taught by David Foster Wallace, Katie Roiphe, Zadie Smith, and others.

We really don’t need to be treating Inauguration Day like it’s the coronation of a new King.

The world’s most prolific blogger is leaving corporate media and opening the tip jar.

Democrats are approaching an “Electoral College lock.” Republicans are trying to pick it.

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

Dean “Unskewed Polls” Chambers is back, and he’s as deluded as ever.

As is often the case with sex scandals, pretty much everything ever written about General David Petraeus takes on an ironic double meaning in hindsight.

The OTB gang give their best guess at the outcome of the 2012 presidential contest.

Utility crews from Alabama traveled to New Jersey to help get the power back on. They were turned away on account of not being unionized.

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

The arguments in favor of major changes in the way we elect our President are unpersuasive.

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

Mitt Romney left one crucial piece out of his speech last night.

Brookings Institute scholar William Galston says election night might end early this year even if the race remains tight.

A new report will likely add fuel to the fire of conservative outrage over Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to uphold the PPACA.

If the GOP wins in November, there will be very few actual barriers in the way if they really want to repeal the PPACA.

There is another explanation for the sometimes confusing nature of the dissent in the ObamaCare case.

Frustrated by its inability to get laws passed through Congress, the Obama administration has decided to stop following laws already passed by Congress.

The heady days of revolution in Egypt have been replaced with the cold light of political reality.

How would modern Republicans treat Ronald Reagan and his Vice-President?

Michael Fumento becomes the latest prominent conservative to criticize what conservatism has become.

The people who gave us the “war on Christmas” are now touting an upsurge on black-on-white crime.

Our psychological and cultural biases make evaluating information and arguments rationally next to impossible.