Harold Pollack argues that it’s irrational to keep a gun in your home to protect you from a killer. Plus: “Fundamental unreasonableness.”
Jamelle Bouie and Michael Brendan Dougherty discuss whether they would trade the turbulence of American life for a more staid culture. Plus: Taxing bullets.
Joshua Knobe and George E. Newman explore why we value original paintings and sculptures over copies, and why we’re fine with copying music. Plus: JFK’s magical, $750,000 golf clubs.
Syria expert Joshua Landis explains. Plus: Why a no-fly zone in Syria ain’t happening.
Or are they a model political lobby? Adam Serwer and Timothy P. Carney debate. Plus: Ending (and renaming) the “gun show loophole.”
David Corn and Jim Pinkerton debate. Plus: Why an assault weapons ban is not enough.
Robert Wright and Jacob Sullum debate. Plus: What if there were a massacre every day?
Rob Farley and Daniel Trombly examine the perverse incentives produced by the International Criminal Court. Plus: Splitting up Syria.
John Horgan and George Johnson discuss, with reference to Katherine Boo’s Behind the Beautiful Forevers and John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath. Plus: Things bite back.
What happens when you show Kubrick’s 1964 anti-war comedy at a military school? Nick Sarantakes explains. Plus: War movies as recruiting campaigns.