John Horgan describes his frightening yet entertaining childhood encounters with lightning strikes. Plus: Foes of fluoridation are alive and well.
Dylan Matthews and Josh Barro debate Obama’s now-infamous phrase. Plus: Wild speculation about Romney’s taxes.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis debate the Massachusetts Senate hopeful’s national political chances. Plus: What Mitt Romney can learn from Patrick Swayze.
Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack discuss health care reform and the injured victims of the shooting in Colorado. Plus: Romney’s “drop of poison.”
How could the world maintain peace if America quit being the global police? Robert Wright and Michael Lind, author of the new book Land of Promise, discuss. Plus: There will be no economic recovery.
Conor Friedersdorf asks John Tabin whether Romney would have done a better job than Obama at prosecuting the war in Libya. Plus: The smart way to support a third party.
Robert Wright talks to South African journalist Eusebius McKaiser about a controversial painting of the country’s president, and what it means for free speech. Plus: Has South Africa’s AIDS crisis peaked?
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis explain. Plus: The one reason to go to the GOP convention.
According to Rob Farley and Nick Sarantakes, the Olympics were much more exciting.
Gabriel Arana and Sarah Senk critique the calls for the shooting in Colorado to not be politicized.