It’s not just about the tests

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss the existential challenge posed by racial disparities in test scores.

The dangerous politics of indicting Trump

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the issue.

Can “Florida Man” Win?

On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis ask: Can DeSantis take Trump’s attacks? Plus: Are people moving to Florida to escape “wokeness”? Will an indictment hurt or help Trump? And did the 1980 “October Surprise” change the course of history?

To bail out or not to bail out?

Robert Wright and banking expert Richard Vague discuss the costs and benefits of the government’s decision to intervene in the Silicon Valley Bank crisis.

Debating DeSantis

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the Florida governor’s framing of the Ukraine War as a “territorial dispute”.

Ron DeSantis’s Ukraine Bet

On this week’s DMZ, Bill Scher and Matt K. Lewis discuss the SVB bank crisis—is “wokeness” to blame? Plus: Should DeSantis copy Trump’s “America First” approach to Ukraine? And will we miss Mitch McConnell when he’s gone?

Can science benefit from more diversity?

Reckoning with the atomic bomb

Robert Wright and Ananyo Bhattacharya, author of The Man from the Future, discuss how John von Neumann handled the ethical questions arising from his work on the Manhattan project.

Biden insults Xi Jinping, Xi rebukes America

Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss escalating US-China tensions.

The Scott Adams controversy

Glenn Loury and John McWhorter discuss Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams’s remarks about black people.