Will the U.S. see a sizable political movement organized around white identity in the near future? Glenn Loury and law professor Amy Wax debate the issue.
Robert Wright and Father William Dailey discuss the link between Christmas and charity.
David Rees, cohost of the podcast Election Profit Makers, sees no limit to “the depravity of the GOP.”
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus consider the coming Covid wave.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the case of actor Jussie Smollett, who was convicted of disorderly conduct for lying to police about a supposed racially motivated and homophobic assault.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis ask whether Liz Cheney can shift the Republican Party away from Trumpism.
Robert Wright, John Horgan, and Nikita Petrov discuss whether psychedelics can get us closer to an objective view of reality.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Erin Schwartz critique the Sopranos prequel film The Many Saints of Newark.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss whether a lack of magnanimity in victory—after, for example, the Cold War—can be a losing strategy.
Glenn Loury and journalist Rav Arora discuss the daunting problem of identifying the underlying causes of violence crime in some black communities.