After Hobby Lobby, could companies try to game the system? Sarah Posner and legal scholar Caroline Mala Corbin consider. Plus: Is Hobby Lobby narrow or broad?
Should psychopathic criminals be treated more harshly? Laurie Santos talks to Kent Kiehl, author of the new book The Psychopath Whisperer. Plus: Can psychopaths be cured?
Is violent crime a problem of cultural values? Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack use game theory to explore the question. Plus: Obama < Nixon.
Daniel Drezner and Heather Hurlburt use their geopolitical expertise to pick the team that’s going to win it all. Plus: Obama’s shallow Asia bench.
Robert Wright and Peter Beinart discuss whether the jihadist group is an actual threat to America. Plus: Peter’s critique of Obama’s Iraq policy.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss whether Bernie Sanders can run a liberal, populist campaign in 2016. Plus: Is big-government conservatism coming back?
Will Wilkinson talks to Matthew Quirk, author of the new novel The Directive, about fictional portrayals of political malfeasance. Plus: Have literary writers forgotten how to tell stories?
Greg Marx talks to Anna Clark about old media in the Motor City. Plus: Free houses in Detroit for writers.
Glenn Loury and Rajiv Sethi discuss why Piketty quotes Balzac and Jane Austen in Capital. Plus: Capital and the threat to the middle class.
Mark Schmitt wants to help poorly funded candidates, but Ilya Shapiro is wary. Plus: Is Sheldon Adelson distorting democracy?