Zack Beauchamp and Michael Brendan Dougherty explore the origin of the myth that rape can’t cause pregnancy. Plus: What was Akin thinking?
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter explore the fraught subject. Plus: Debating affirmative action.
Indian journalist Samanth Subramanian describe how the legacy of caste lives on. Plus: India ♥s Iran?
On the debut episode of Critic Proof, Alyssa Rosenberg and Todd VanDerWerff share their predictions for the final season of the show (spoilers, obviously). Plus: Why so many sitcoms are so bad.
Michael C. Moynihan describes the dramatic scene when he confronted Lehrer about fabricating of Bob Dylan quotes. (NSFW) Plus: Is it too soon to rehabilitate Lehrer?
Bill Scher and Kristen Soltis on the vice president’s infamous “chains” gaffe. Plus: How Ryan could be a game changer.
Rob Farley and Matt Duss criticize a new right-wing effort to undercut the Obama administration on killing bin Laden. Plus: Paul Ryan and foreign policy.
Joshua Foust talks to Adalat Seeker, an exiled Turkmen dissident whose face has been obscured, about the country’s nepotistic kleptocracy.
Zack Beauchamp and Michael Brendan Dougherty debate. Plus: The case against human rights.
Glenn Loury and Joshua Cohen discuss living with prostate cancer. Plus: Why the campaign ads are so awful.