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Michael’s new book, Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All ... Michael: No one has to die from climate change ... Why Michael doesn’t consider himself to be a climate-change skeptic ... The economics of nuclear power... ... …and the politics of nuclear weapons ... Michael: “I don’t think we’ve ever had a capitalist system” ...

Gary’s new book, The Return of Holy Russia ... Russian exceptionalism and psychogeography ... Why are people always talking about “the Russian soul”? ... Was Bolshevism a break with the past or a continuation of it? ... The Russian desire to unite opposites ... The infamous TV broadcast that claimed Lenin was a mushroom ... Putin’s skillful use of ideology ... The twin crises in America and Russia ...

Trump's three- (or maybe four-) pronged campaign strategy ... Was Bob too nice to Bari Weiss in his anti-Bari essay? ... What's really new about cancel culture? ... On the purported bigotry of Maria Farmer, a prominent victim of Jeffrey Epstein ... Mickey wishes Ghislaine well ... Reasons to doubt "horseshoe theory," where the Trumpist right teams up with the left ... Remembering Michael Brooks, who died this week at 36 ... The liberal conspiracy theory that Trump is poised to impose martial law ... Aleister Crowley, Walter Duranty, and the Parrot Room ...

John on "a truly medieval moment" ... Why Glenn didn't sign the Harper's open letter ... Linguists petition against fellow linguist Steven Pinker ... Is this actually just about the economics of the collapsing media industry? ... Calling someone a racist vs. calling someone a witch ... John's harsh review of White Fragility ... Critiquing an open letter by 300 Princeton professors on anti-racism ...

Why South Carolina deserves to be the Democratic primary "cleanup hitter" ... Has Biden boxed himself into picking a black woman as VP? ... The case for having a "next in line" ... Bill: The pick will be either a woman of color or a populist progressive, not both ... Liz Cheney, Tucker, Hannity, and the emerging GOP civil war ... Are NeverTrumpers trying to destroy the GOP in order to save it? ...

Leigh's new novel, Self Care ... Are social justice warriors sincere or cynical? ... On being a white author writing a black character in 2020 ... Why are all these white women apologizing on Instagram? ... The trials and tribulations of being a moderator ... Aryeh: Many of today's controversies come down to forum moderation ... Leigh: There's no restorative justice in cancel culture ... Would eliminating social media lead to a better world? >

Mickey gets epically ratioed for a tweet about cancel culture ... Is it creepy that the Lincoln Project wants to "de-Trumpify" the GOP? ... The problem with data-driven campaigns ... Bob tries to uncancel himself on trans issues ... Bari Weiss and Andrew Sullivan exit their woke publications ... How culpable is Trump for rising Covid deaths? ... The Trump administration’s attack on Fauci ... A smarter way to counter China ... This week's wild Epstein speculation ... Will Israel’s covert attacks on Iran start a war? ... What happens if there's a Supreme Court vacancy before November?

Should progressives stop giving money to the Lincoln Project? ... Psychological warfare against Trump ... Does the GOP need to eradicate Trumpism from the party? ... George Will's top pick for Biden's VP ... Will Biden want a "president in waiting?" ... Evaluating the "13 Keys to the White House," which claims to predict presidential races ...

Bari Weiss's very public resignation from the New York Times ... Is the NYT a toxic workplace? ... Why Katie signed the Harper's open letter ... Aryeh: The vagueness of the letter fueled the backlash ... Do we have a cancel culture problem or a Twitter culture problem? ... Katie critiques the counterletter ... The recent failed attempt to cancel Aryeh ... Do online subcultures trend toward toxicity? ...

Covid deaths are suddenly rising and a new school year approaches ... Is Trump’s reelection campaign doomed? (And is Steve Bannon part of it?) ... Mickey’s theory about BLM and the future of American cities ... Weighing the consequences of the Harper’s anti-cancel-culture letter ... Bob complains about American journalism (cont’d) ... Who killed Jeffrey Epstein? Discussing an underdiscussed candidate. ...