Daniel Kaufman and Massimo Pigliucci argue that studying primate behavior is a bad way to learn about human nature. Plus: Are babies moral?
David Frum explains how to contain Trump.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis on the fallout from silencing Elizabeth Warren.
Sociologist and former police officer Peter Moskos says critics are too quick to dismiss the police strategy. Plus: Is crime making a comeback?
Robert Wright, Michael Shermer, and Deepak Chopra debate Deepak’s views on the nature of reality. Plus: Would the universe exist without our minds?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate whether the White House has an anti-Islam agenda.
Robert Farley and media anthropologist Christa Blackmon on how politics appropriates science fiction.
Josh Summers and Alex Howard, maker of How I Created a Cult, discuss the power dynamics of a controversial spiritual movement. Plus: How do smart people end up in cults?
Daniel Kaufman and Massimo Pigliucci consider whether infant studies reveal anything useful about the origins of our ethical nature.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider what Democrats would lose—and gain—by trying to block Gorsuch. Plus: WWJD re POTUS’s EO?