Robert Wright and Eli Lake debate.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider the implications of Michael Cohen’s secret recording of a conversation with Donald Trump.
Stephen Greenblatt, author of the new book Tyrant: Shakespeare on Politics, outlines Shakespeare’s divided view.
Liza Featherstone, editor of the 2016 collection False Choices: The Faux Feminism of Hillary Rodham Clinton, considers the question.
Economist Robin Hanson says laughter is about the preservation and violation of norms.
In light of Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest stunts, Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss why the right is so vulnerable to satire.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Michael Tracey debate the question.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Will Sommer discuss the most popular right-wing conspiracy theory of the Trump era.
In the wake of the leaders’ joint press conference, Robert Wright and Jacob Heilbrunn consider the possibilities.
Philosopher Thomas Metzinger suggests using a hammer and a rubber glove to change your perception of your self.