23 May 2019
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Bill Scher (Real Clear Politics, Politico) and Matt K. Lewis (The Daily Beast, MattLewis.org)
On The DMZ, Matt says that the Obamacare website failures give the GOP a chance to make a larger argument about big government. Bill and Matt take different sides in the debate between Joan Walsh and Ezra Klein over how liberal pundits should react to healthcare.gov’s glitches. Matt wants conservatives to realize that a Reagan-like savior will be not coming to rescue the movement. Will Republicans leave Reagan nostalgia behind in 2016? They ponder whether immigration reform is coming back from the dead. Plus: The meaning of Ohio Gov. John Kasich’s embrace of Medicaid expansion.
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Bill Scher
Matt K. Lewis
Bill’s piece, “5 other botched rollouts of government programs”
Patrick Ruffini on healthcare.gov
Joan Walsh’s piece, “Liberal pundit fail”
David Auerbach at Slate on coding
Brian Beutler’s reply to Walsh
Matt’s piece, “The second coming of Reagan isn’t going to save the GOP”
Peter Beinart on the political leanings of Millennials
Bill on immigration reform
Matt on the GOP losing young evangelicals
WSJ on the Southern Baptist Convention
Jill Lawrence on John Kasich
The DMZ | Oct 24, 2013 | Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis
The Glenn Show
Can adversity be quantified?
Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the College Board’s controversial new “adversity index,” which provides colleges with socioeconomic data about a student’s school and family life.
MeaningofLife.tv
The need to “complete the Darwinian revolution”
Robert Wright speaks with David Sloan Wilson, author of the new book This View of Life: Completing the Darwinian Revolution.
Play this clip on MeaningofLife.tvCulturally Determined
A controversial finale
Aryeh Cohen-Wade and Michael Sweeney react to the final episode of Game of Thrones, which left many fans unhappy.
The Wright Show
The madness of online crowds
William Davies, author of the new book Nervous States: Democracy and the Decline of Reason, connects nineteenth-century theories of crowd behavior to today’s social media.
The Glenn Show
Does social media magnify racism?
Wilfred Reilly, author of Hate Crime Hoax, speaks with Glenn Loury about the state of racial animosity in America.
The DMZ
No progressives in foxholes
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis discuss the voting habits of older Democrats.
MeaningofLife.tv
Is it ethical to not read the news?
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with Leah Finnegan, who recently wrote about radically reducing her news consumption.
Play this clip on MeaningofLife.tvThe Wright Show
“Social media brings out the worst in all of us”
The famously combative Glenn Greenwald discusses his experience on Twitter.
The Wright Show
A good referee is an unhappy referee
Robert Wright speaks with author Michael Lewis, host of the new podcast Against the Rules, about why trying to be impartial brings so much suffering these days.
Feminine Chaos
Should algorithms decide who we date?
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