Matt Duss and Jamie Fly debate whether the people of Iran would welcome a US military strike targeted at changing their regime.
Why are there so few female political journalists? Perhaps “online catcalling” plays a role. On the premiere of his eponymous show, Conor Friedersdorf and journalist Phoebe Connelly investigate.
Amy Sullivan and Mollie Ziegler Hemingway debate the vexed relationship between the Church and the president.
Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack see hypocrisy in Newt Gingrich’s attacks on President Obama and Juan Williams.
Should we give a despot guilty of awful crimes a “get out of jail free” card? Robert Wright and Matthew Lee consider. (Plus, Matthew denounces the United Nations’s lack of accountability.)
Shadi Hamid thinks the US has a moral responsibility to stop the massacre of innocents in Syria, but Gregory Gause worries about the lessons of the Iraq War.
John Horgan, author of the new book The End of War, challenges the idea that war is innate to human societies. (Plus, could a “peace candidate” ever win the presidency?)
Why are some prominent conservative pundits shilling for Romney? Bill Scher and Matt Lewis investigate.
Rob Farley and Heather Hurlburt explain what we talk about when we talk about war with Iran.
Would Romney govern as a moderate, or would he be in thrall to the conservative base? Conn Carroll and Armando Llorens consider.