Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate the Second Amendment’s applicability to modern weapons.
In a live appearance at New York’s Comedy Cellar, Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the necessity and difficulty of speaking uncomfortable truths about race.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis debate the most effective strategies for Democrats to reclaim abortion rights in the wake of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision.
Robert Wright, Mickey Kaus, and David Corn discuss reasons that inflammatory rhetoric has become central to political discourse.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate whether the Supreme Court’s majority is guided by conservative philosophy or just a conservative policy agenda.
Glenn Loury and Nikita Petrov discuss the Russia-Ukraine war and the problem of responsibility under the conditions of political repression.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis debate whether the overturning of Roe v. Wade will remain a motivating issue through the midterms.
Robert Wright and Matthew Yglesias discuss the difficult but necessary work of thinking outside the tribe.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus debate the fallout from the Supreme Court’s ruling that states must allow individuals to carry guns outside the home.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss whether student knowledge about racial preferences in college admissions distorts our knowledge of black students’ real intellectual abilities.