Matt Duss and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross discuss the power of the terrorist group. Plus: Has Al Qaeda abandoned trying to govern?
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter explain the reaction to Obama’s first debate performance. Plus: The “I inherited this mess” claim.
Timothy Noah and Joshua Trevino on the race’s surprising turn. Plus: Is debate moderating a mug’s game?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis question whether Obama and Romney’s town hall audience was really undecided. Plus: An uncomfortably tense debate.
Robert Wright and Liz Mair discuss the upcoming foreign policy debate. Plus: Did Candy Crowley play it fair?
Isaac Stone Fish and Stephanie Kleine-Ahlbrandt consider. Plus: Seeing the surreal sights in Pyongyang.
Sarah Posner and Grant Gallicho question the idea that Catholics vote as a block.
Who should bear the burden in the battle against social ills like obesity? Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack debate. Plus: The legend of Obama.
Wycliffe Muga reports on the hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees living in northern Kenya Plus: How Kenyans feel about Obama.
In this clip from 2010, Timothy Noah and Byron York eulogize the political career of Specter, who died at age 82.