26 August 2019
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Aug 23, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Francis Fukuyama
The Wright Show
- Revisiting Frank’s famous essay “The End of History?” 30 years later
- The connection among dignity, identity, and population density
- Frank: All forms of identity are socially constructed
- Complicating the “race vs. economics” debate about Trump’s appeal
- Criticizing the way the Democratic contenders have framed identity
- Does the backlash against identity politics fuel Trumpism?
- Illiberal democracy and America
- Opportunities and obstacles for global governance
Aug 22, 2019 —
Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The DMZ
- Is Trump’s “I am the state” vibe enough to fend off primary challengers?
- Considering the (possibly nonexistent) Nikki Haley VP rumors
- Has Warren put the Native American charge to rest?
- Is Bernie blocking Warren from overtaking Biden?
- The eternal Trump question: crazy or crazy like a fox?
- Bill explains why the NRA always wins
Aug 21, 2019 —
Kat Rosenfield & Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Feminine Chaos
- The AOC cardboard cutout scandal
- Phoebe urges us to remember that some things are “bad, but not the worst”
- Sit your sons down and explain to them why certain jokes aren’t funny
- Re-examining the viral story of racial bias at Yale
- “Christian Girl Autumn” and stereotyping strangers online
- The misogyny of “women who look like they want to speak to a manager”
- Detective Kat investigates supermodel Emily Ratajkowski’s alleged armpit hair
Aug 20, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Mickey Kaus
The Wright Show
- Mickey reviews the many Epstein conspiracy theories
- Was Epstein an Israeli intelligence asset?
- Are Millennials killing the New York Times?
- Mickey: Trump has been a failure on immigration
- Is there a link between Trump’s “invasion” rhetoric and the El Paso shooting?
- The Joe Rogan experience
- Mickey tells Elizabeth Warren the secret to victory: a hard line on immigration
- Bob weighs whether to come out for BDS
- Can paid newsletters save journalism?
Aug 19, 2019 —
Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
The Glenn Show
- The sexual harassment charges against Harvard economist Roland Fryer
- Glenn: Fryer is a victim of the flawed Title IX regime
- John: “Roland has been railroaded”
- Why Fryer’s black colleagues didn’t defend him
- Is edginess forbidden in the modern academy?
- How would things have played out Fryer’s research had been more “PC”?
Aug 16, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Brink Lindsey
The Wright Show
- Building the ideal Democratic candidate
- Who has the best chance of beating Trump?
- Brink: On health care, Democrats have picked the wrong bad guy
- Why the Niskanen Center is pro-government and pro-market
- The kind of universal basic income that Brink would like to see
- How to defeat populism
- Why we need a non-college track in high school
Aug 14, 2019 —
Robert Wright & Paul Bloom
The Wright Show
- Did Jeffrey Epstein die by conspiracy or by incompetence?
- Epstein and the corrupting influence of money in academia
- What drove Epstein to suicide?
- Is there such a thing as a true friend?
- Are all mass shooters mentally ill?
- Paul: Video games do not cause violence
- Would it be better not to care what others think about you?
- Paul’s New Yorker piece on why we do perverse things
- Is Biden losing his wits?
Aug 12, 2019 —
Glenn Loury & Amy Wax
The Glenn Show
- A review of Amy’s recent troubles at Penn Law
- Amy: We need facts in order to speak critically about affirmative action
- Why Amy does not use the word “inferior” in reference to racial disparities
- Amy: Not all cultures are equal, and Western culture is demonstrably better
- Are the benefits of Western modernity worth the costs?
- Do universities’ stated “values” infringe on faculty members’ free speech?
- How increasingly diverse demographics affect US elections
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