Bloggingheads.tv: Rational Actors

Why the media skews left... ... ...and what that means for the debates ... Why are there so many GOP candidates? ... Kevin: Don't count on (or discount) a Trump presidency ... The bias in "unbiased" reporting ... A case against compromise ...

The murky world of daily fantasy sports ... Are fantasy sports a form of gambling? ... Why you'll never win big money playing daily fantasy ... An "insider-trading" scandal rocks the industry ... Will Congress intervene? Should it? ... The future of legal sports gambling ...

Where does Black Lives Matter go from here? ... What the media doesn't get about Black Lives Matter ... Barrett: Activists have to learn to work with the system ... How Obama has changed racial perceptions ... Does exposure to difference lead to more tolerance? ... Critiquing structural racism without alienating whites ...

Pro-life libertarians—yes, they exist! ... Kevin: America is at abortion stalemate ... Slade: Libertarians shouldn’t enforce conformity ... Why is libertarianism gaining steam? ... Trump confounds big-tent politics ... Trump and white identity politics ...

Can Trump be kept off the debate stage? ... Profiling the average Trump supporter ... Trump's canny use of the immigration issue ... What makes The Donald run? ... Will he finally disclose his finances? ... Different ways that Trump could be taken down ...

Are the rich jerks? ... Tim: Political values are never entirely empirical ... Are some political biases just better? ... When calling people "jerks" works ... The ideological Turing test ... Kevin: New media needs to pull back on the polarizing language ...

Guy's new book, End of Discussion ... Brendan Eich, gay marriage, and Holocaust denial ... Has the left always been better at shutting down debate? ... Guy: Trigger warnings et al are really about stifling debate ... Comedians vs. the new Puritans ... Kevin's defense of privilege theory ...

A big shift in the treatment of sexual assault on campus ... Student accused of rape sues Columbia over performance art ... Ashe: Due process has gone out the window ... Tribunals vs. trials ... A defense of campus tribunals ... Should UVA's "Jackie" be punished? ...

A conservative revolution on criminal justice ... Why prison won't solve America's problems ... Conservative reformers from Colson to Kerik ... Why criminal justice reform isn't just about saving money ... How should the law treat drug abuse? ... "Overcriminalized" America ...

John recaps his trip to Israel ... Israel's complex party system ... Appealing to Israel's "undecideds" ... What the next government will look like ... Why American conservatives love Bibi... ... ...and why Obama really, really doesn't ...