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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.

Newt’s hypocrisy

Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack see hypocrisy in Newt Gingrich's attacks on President Obama and Juan Williams.

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.)

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.

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?)