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The persistence of Biden  ... Do any of Trump’s GOP primary challengers have a shot?  ... Is Trump a dove? A hawk? Neither?   ... What's Gabbard’s endgame?  ... Can Buttigieg’s big campaign fund buy him a late surge? ... Matt: Buttigieg should run as more of a moderate ... Bill: Buttigieg can’t pick up the African-American voters he needs ...

Critiquing the NYT's series on American slavery, the 1619 Project ... Why did this package come out now? ... Are today's racial disparities a "predictable" result of slavery? ... The imaginary black man riding the subway who thinks "y'all gotta watch out for me" ... The elided history of black shopping districts ... Does this narrative dehumanize whites? ... Is this whole argument a bluff? ...

The Bret Stephens bedbug affair ... Eli: Stephens should be praised for going after both Trump and the left ... Daniel: Twitter is toxic but democratic ... Was the Cold War necessary? ... Eli wonders whether Russia is fated to be miserable ... Can America still make a positive difference in the world? ... Should Zionists be worried about losing American Jews? ...

Glenn wrestles with the problem of self-regard as he writes his memoir ... "I was a liberal before I was a conservative before I was a liberal before I was a conservative" ... The secret life Glenn led while at Harvard ... Glenn wonders whether his support of affirmative action was just virtue signaling ... The racial issues pushing Glenn back toward the right in recent years ... Glenn reflects on becoming a Bloggingheads star ... How Glenn gained and lost his Christian faith ...

Reviewing CNN's climate forum ... The case for nuclear power ... Would Dems accept carbon tax + nuclear + fracking? ... Climate change as culture war ... Biden's bad news cycles and high poll numbers ... Why are the three Dem frontrunners the old white ones? ...

Joanna's piece on Melissa McEwan and her controversial blog, Shakesville ... Actual activism vs. keyboard activism ... The ridiculous art of online war ... Was the site a cult of personality? ... Aryeh's history as a commenter and a moderator ... Shakesville's infamous "Left Tit Incident" ... The decline and fall of the Shakesville empire ... Joanna responds to her critics ...

Why special guest host Graham is freshly unemployed ... Why did Governing close down? ... How career trajectories in journalism have changed in recent years ... What happens to communities when they lose their local media? ... Can Elizabeth Warren learn from Hillary Clinton’s PR mistakes? ... How Warren speaks to both the center and to fringe voters ... Bill and Graham assess Biden’s latest gaffe ... Can Biden win without Millennial and Gen Z voters? ...

Rajiv's new book, Shadows of Doubt: Stereotypes, Crime, and the Pursuit of Justice ... Are stereotypes rational? ... Glenn on the stereotypes inherent in "The Talk" ... The community view vs. the law enforcement view of race and homicide ... Racial profiling and shoplifting ... In-group criticism vs. criticism from the outside ... Why are white incarceration rates so high? ...

The origins of Kat and Phoebe's podcast, Feminine Chaos ... The various strands of contemporary feminism ... Are all elite women feminists now? ... The three waves of feminism ... Has #MeToo infantilized women? ... Have the rules between men and women really changed? ... Are gender differences biologically based? ... Is the NYT making sexist assumptions about Liz Warren? ...

David sings a hymn of praise to the Marvel Cinematic Universe ... Transformers, The Lion King, and Shakespeare ... The return of the Hollywood epic ... Aryeh: The shared universe is a key to the movies' success ... Have we reached the endpoint of spectacle? ... David: Avengers: Infinity War is about America coming to terms with losing ... Why you should watch (and read) Jessica Jones ... The possibility of virtue ...