Psychologist Miguel Farias, author of The Buddha Pill, argues that using meditation for therapy is misguided. Plus: The dark night of the soul.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss how to expel Trump from the GOP race. Plus: Is the Democratic coalition starting to crack up?
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Katy Waldman consider. Plus: Reckoning with Atticus Finch’s racism.
Paul Glastris talks to Matt Cooper about Trump’s unusual ideological appeal. Plus: Why the GOP should fear Trump going independent.
Robert Wright and David Frum debate a central plank of the nuclear deal. Plus: Could Obama have gotten a better Iran deal?
David Sloan Wilson describes how evolutionary theory can inform a “meaning system” that accommodates moral values as well as science. Plus: What’s the use of religion?
Judith Shulevitz argues that the Torah is true in the way that fairy tales are true. Plus: “God is in being good.”
Betsy Woodruff and Daniel Strauss consider candidates like Hillary Clinton who rarely answers press questions. Plus: Self-criticism at Netroots Nation.
Scott Walker’s wife doesn’t hew to GOP orthodoxy. Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss whether this should be an issue in the primary. Plus: The politics of the Iran deal.
Mark Leon Goldberg and Rebecca Hamilton consider the prospects for ending the young nation’s civil war. Plus: The White House vs. South Sudan’s president.