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Has Obama gotten bad economic advice?
Economics professor (and presidential candidate!) Larry Kotlikoff explains to Glenn Loury why the president hasn’t been well served by Tim Geithner, Larry Summers, et. al.
Payroll tax showdown
Conn Carroll and Joan McCarter debate what will happen in the fight over the payroll tax cut.
Would Iranians favor an attack?
Matt Duss and Jamie Fly debate whether the people of Iran would welcome a US military strike targeted at changing their regime.
Online catcalling
Why are there so few female political journalists? Perhaps "online catcalling" plays a role. On the premiere of his eponymous show, Conor Friedersdorf and journalist Phoebe Connelly investigate.
Are Obama and the Catholic Church at war?
Amy Sullivan and Mollie Ziegler Hemingway debate the vexed relationship between the Church and the president.
Immunity for dictators?
Should we give a despot guilty of awful crimes a "get out of jail free" card? Robert Wright and Matthew Lee consider. (Plus, Matthew denounces the United Nations's lack of accountability.)
Has war always been with us?
John Horgan, author of the new book The End of War, challenges the idea that war is innate to human societies. (Plus, could a "peace candidate" ever win the presidency?)
The postmodern Iran debate
Rob Farley and Heather Hurlburt explain what we talk about when we talk about war with Iran.
Imagining President Romney
Would Romney govern as a moderate, or would he be in thrall to the conservative base? Conn Carroll and Armando Llorens consider.
Are Mormons more like Jews or Christians?
Joanna Brooks, author of the new memoir The Book of Mormon Girl, explores Mormonism's ethnic side. (Also, Mormons' unique view of the afterlife.)
Facebook is killing the next Bob Dylan
Tech guru Jaron Lanier explains how Facebook is making personal reinvention impossible.
The Catholic vote, up for grabs
Will the contraception issue lose Obama the Catholic vote—and thus the presidency? Bill Scher and Matt Lewis debate the question.
Newt’s hypocrisy
Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack see hypocrisy in Newt Gingrich's attacks on President Obama and Juan Williams.
Should America intervene in Syria?
Shadi Hamid thinks the US has a moral responsibility to stop the massacre of innocents in Syria, but Gregory Gause worries about the lessons of the Iraq War.
In the tank for Mitt?
Why are some prominent conservative pundits shilling for Romney? Bill Scher and Matt Lewis investigate.
What Romney and Occupy Wall Street have in common
