Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss whether the wars that followed 9/11 fueled homegrown terrorism.
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss how the University of Wisconsin should have handled recent campus protests.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss what they’ve learned about American politics since the 9/11 attacks.
Joe Bernstein discusses his new Harper’s cover story reconsidering “fake news.”
Critic John Ganz found the widely praised HBO series tedious and hollow.
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss whether restrictions on abortion, including the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade, could eventually strengthen women’s reproductive rights.
Glenn Loury and Nikita Petrov discuss whether it’s helpful to think of opposition to woke anti-racism in pugilistic terms.
Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis debate whether Texas’ controversial new abortion law risks alienating the political center.
Robert Wright and political scientist John Mearsheimer debate whether the US should try to establish a norm of strict compliance with international law.
Joshua Cohen discusses his new novel, a fictionalized account of a meeting between the literary critic Harold Bloom and Benzion Netanyahu, father of the future Israeli prime minister.