Daniel Kaufman and Robert Gressis discuss the state of the discipline and the role of altruism in the lives of philosophy professors.

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis say that there’s more to winning the presidential nomination than filling auditoriums.

Max Blumenthal, author of the new book The Management of Savagery: How America’s National Security State Fueled the Rise of Al Qaeda, ISIS, and Donald Trump, traces the rise of al Qaeda back to a proxy war against the Soviet Union.

On a special Francophile edition of Feminine Chaos, Kat Rosenfield and Phoebe Maltz Bovy discuss why French parenting, skincare, and diet are revered in American culture.

Richard Vague, author of the new book A Brief History of Doom: Two Hundred Years of Financial Crises, says Obama should have given consumers more relief, and banks less, after the 2008 crash.

Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider whether Democrats would only hurt themselves by impeaching Trump.

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the College Board’s controversial new “adversity index,” which provides colleges with socioeconomic data about a student’s school and family life.

Robert Wright speaks with David Sloan Wilson, author of the new book This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution.

Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Michael Sweeney react to the final episode of Game of Thrones, which left many fans unhappy.

William Davies, author of the new book Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason, connects nineteenth-century theories of crowd behavior to today’s social media.