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.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the West Virginia senator’s opaque legislative strategy.
Trita Parsi of the Quincy Institute sounds the alarm about the issue.
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Matt K. Lewis consider.