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Hugo Godinho, speaking from São Paulo, describes fears on Brazil’s left about the country’s future under President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who has drawn comparisons to Donald Trump.

Brandy Jensen discusses the core theme of her advice column, “Ask a F*ck-Up.”

Philosopher Owen Flanagan draws on his experiences with mind-altering substances and a brain tumor to reflect on free will and responsibility.

Neuroscientist Eric Kandel describes the research that revealed the cellular basis of long-term and short-term memory and earned him a morning phone call from the Swedish Academy.

As the Iowa congressman’s support wanes, Bill Scher and Matt Lewis consider the future of white nationalism in American politics.

Daniel Drezner and Daniel Bessner discuss how wealthy donors restrict think tanks’ ideological leanings.

Nikita Petrov and Tony Ortega use Scientology’s practice of looking words up in the dictionary as a case study for the relationship between language and ideology.

Economists Glenn Loury and Larry Kotlikoff discuss the post-graduation lives of students admitted to Ivy League schools via affirmative action.

Robert Wright and Robert Kagan, author of the new book The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World, debate the question.

Stephen Asma and Rami Gabriel consider.

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