Mark talks about his recent profile of Maggie Gallagher, a leading opponent of gay marriage. He and Conor agree that legal gay marriage is both inevitable and probably a good thing. They disagree about who truly speaks for Catholics. Conor calls for abandoning the norm that says “objective journalists” should hide their opinions, while Mark sees value in it. Is it always best to be charitable toward one’s ideological opponents? They conclude by debating whether homeschooling is bad for a liberal society.
Play entire videoMark’s profile of Maggie Gallagher
Mark’s profile of Ross Douthat
Mark’s profile of Dan Savage
Mark on a DC Opus Dei school
Gary Guttig on who speaks for Catholics
Mark on Rev. Roger Landry
Marc Tracey on Jodi Rudoren
Jon Chait on why he’s mean
Christopher Hitchens’s Harpers review of Norman Podhoretz’s “Unmaking Friends”
Dana Goldstein on homeschooling
Conor on homeschooling
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