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Tracing wokeism's origins to mid-century postmodernism ... Determining the right historical narrative on race ... Do progressives have a problem confronting their own racism? ... What can and can't be said about the 2020 election ... Can the insurrectionists be defended? ... Biden vs. Trump on critical race theory ... James challenges Glenn's recent mea culpa on Trump ...

Matt Lewis and Bill Scher discuss day one of Impeachment 2.0, the import of the Bill Cassidy flip, and whether expanded voting rights actually helps Democrats.

The human costs of America’s post-9/11 wars ... Defining foreign policy ‘realism’ ... Neta: Realism is rooted in fear ... How militarism distorts democracy ... The outsized potential of grassroots organizing ... The practical value of empathizing with the enemy ... A new era of nonviolent resistance ...

Nikita Petrov and John Horgan discuss the state of the Russian protest movement, the challenge of finding one’s own path, James Joyce, John Kerouac, psychedelic experiences, and the nature of language.

All roads lead to immigration ... Cause for hope on the pandemic front ... Perverse covid relief preferences on the left (and right) ... Two big potential add-ons to the covid bill ... Visiting post-presidential vengeance on Trump ... The impeachment trial as a pedagogical opportunity ... The greatness of Mike Kinsley ... The Republican civil war ... Parrot Room preview: Hating on Hitch, Electric Mustang, more dishonesty from the Washington Free Beacon, etc. ...

Monthly Q&A with Glenn and John ... TGS 2.0, new newsletters, and John's new book ... Critiquing the Biden administration's first moves ... The excesses and dangers of critical race theory ... The latest stories of woke hysteria on campus ... The performative outrage of anti-racist crusaders ... Campus wokeism vs. corporate wokeism ...

Matt Lewis and Bill Scher explore the state of pandemic relief negotiations, the possibility of bipartisanship, and the absence of vocal Republican opposition.

Matt’s new newsletter, “Slow Boring” ... The advantages of having a smaller audience ... Why Matt left Vox ... Can Substack save us from tribal social media? ... Matt’s advice on getting a newsletter going ... Will Biden’s foreign policy be worse than Trump’s? ... Matt weighs in on the future of Substack ...

Robert's work on rising homicide rates in U.S cities ... The connection between work, school, and crime ... How some criminal justice reform attempts have failed ... Why the massive upsurge in crime in U.S. cities in 2020? ... The challenge of "engaging the family" in the U.S. ... The surprising data on gender in single-parent homes ... Did the summer 2020 protests lead to the rise in crime? ...

Encouraging news on the vaccine front ... Pros and cons of proceeding with impeachment ... Glimmers of hope for Biden’s foreign policy ... Israel’s unjust West Bank vaccine policy ... The strange bedfellows of the GameStop short squeeze ... Was deplatforming Trump the path of least resistance? ... Fauci’s fuzzy messaging on vaccination ... Parrot Room preview: Thunderdome-level Bob-Mickey showdown! ...