Alyssa Rosenberg and Asawin Suebsaeng are not great fans of the Oscar favorite. Plus: Zero Dark Thirty and torture.
Rob Farley talks to Justin Logan about US grand strategy in East Asia.
John Horgan and George Johnson ponder a world where we all wear cameras on our heads. Plus: Is humanity doomed?
Carlo Strenger shares the Israeli perspective on Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Defense. Plus: The end of Zionism?
Can the human mind grasp the suffering of millions of impoverished people? Psychologists Jason Mitchell and Laurie Santos discuss the limits of empathy. Plus: The neuroscience behind failed resolutions.
The internet activist died at age 26. In this clip from 2008, Swartz talked to Will Wilkinson about his youthful start as a programmer.
James Poulos discusses the intersection. Plus: Dems gone wild in California.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss Beck’s libertarian turn. Plus: The legacy of What It Takes.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter debate race-based affirmative action. Plus: On being a black outcast.
Sarah Posner and Brent E. Sasley discuss the term, controversially used by Chuck Hagel. Plus: Who cares what Bill Kristol says?