Bill Scher disputes the claim that Tuesday’s close congressional election foreshadows a “blue wave.”
Robert Wright and Mark Schmitt consider the minimum his supporters will accept. Plus: Will Bannon get the boot?
Science journalist Michael Lemonick, author of The Perpetual Now, on what he learned about “the self” from a woman with amnesia.
Robert Wright and ethicist Wendell Wallach, author of A Dangerous Master, imagine how AI will affect health care. Plus: DIY pandemics.
Photojournalist Chris Arnade argues that the biggest divide in America after race is education.
Robert Wright and astrophysicist Adam Frank on the difficulty of understanding what is inside our heads. Plus: The ultimate weirdness.
Robert Wright and Mark Schmitt on rumors of a shakeup in the White House.
Philosophers Massimo Pigliucci and Skye Cleary compare and contrast the Stoic and the existentialist approaches to suicide. Plus: Existentialism vs. Stoicism
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider whether the president’s threat to the Freedom Caucus should worry Republicans. Plus: What Trump means for Syria.
A Sixty-Second Sermon by Scott Parker.