John's new book, The Socialist Awakening ... Bob wonders: Am I a socialist? ... Why Americans under 40 are so receptive to socialism ... Revisiting John's 2002 book, The Emerging Democratic Majority ... How Trump pushed Democrats to the extreme on immigration ... Is socialism compatible with identity politics? ... Can labor issues be addressed at the multinational level? ... Why Trump just can't change ...

A tribute from an Israeli fan and a mea culpa from John ... The political influence of Ice Cube and Kanye West ... Shelby Steele’s new documentary, What Killed Michael Brown? ... Appeals to American honor vs. appeals to American guilt ... The effects of economic restructuring on Black social mobility ...

What do Hunter Biden’s (purported) emails reveal (if anything)? ... Biden's alleged corruption vs. Trump's well-documented corruption ... Bob frets that the VP debate hurt Biden ... How Covid could tip a swing state ... Grading Biden's town hall performance ... Bob tells Biden what to say about court packing ... Would a Biden presidency be transformative? ... Is Trump's immigration crackdown making the pandemic worse? ... Mickey calls on Biden to have a "Sister Swamp-jah" moment ...

Precedent and super-precedent at the Barrett confirmation hearings ... Is a national abortion compromise possible? ... The case that could overturn Obamacare ... Matt: The idea that Barrett would be beholden to Trump is absurd ... So long, Commerce Clause; hello, taxing power! ... Was Pelosi's Wolf Blitzer outburst a strategic move? ... Are pollsters missing a hidden white working-class bloc? ... The mail vote wildcard ...

Glenn on the persistence of racial inequality ... Adaner on the persistence of racial inequality ... Determinism vs. individual moral judgment ... Is structural racism a real thing? ... Can exhortation change culture? ... Why Glenn prefers universal programs ... Does capitalism reinforce racial inequality? ... Contingent moments in America’s racial history ... Glenn and Adaner offer some policy solutions ...

Is Trump using steroids as a performance enhancing drug? ... Are the wheels coming off the Trump campaign? ... Bob and Mickey mansplain the VP debate ... Biden’s weird mishandling of the court packing issue ... Bob: Kamala came off as presidential enough ... Mickey on the real reason Pelosi is talking about the 25th Amendment ... Trump’s reckless rhetoric and the plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer ... The crisis gave Trump an opportunity, and he blew it ... Are the Proud Boys white nationalists? (cont’d) ... We’ve reached 500 patrons! Sign up today! ...

Public safety vs. inequity during the pandemic ... How Kamala positioned herself in the Biden mold at the debate ... Debating Biden and Harris on court packing ... Matt calls on Biden to be better than Trump ... Imagining a constitutional amendment on judicial term limits ... Will Trump actually not show up to the next debate? ... Is there anything left that Trump could do to change his fortunes? ... Bill: The electoral college may soon favor the Dems ...

Defining “neoconservatism” ... The Iraq War and its blowback ... When is military intervention justified? ... Bret accuses Bob of embodying isolationist conservative Robert Taft ... Bret: Syria vindicates the neoconservative perspective ... How Secretary of State Bret would deal with China ... Evaluating the economic sanctions on Venezuela, Iran, and Syria ... Is the WTO a failure? ... How Bret’s mind has changed on climate change ...

Daniel's book, The Meritocracy Trap ... Daniel: Meritocracy props up medical innovation at the expense of health ... Examining meritocracy in economics departments ... Daniel says legal education in Germany is easier and better ... Daniel: Higher education is much too intensive and much too exclusive ... Olympic athletes are far better than they were 70 years ago. Is that a good thing? ... Glenn asks if Daniel's position requires him to repudiate affirmative action ...

Trump has Covid. Here are four ways it could go. ... Is Trump the superspreader? ... Mickey: Trump's pandemic failure was not being xenophobic enough! ... Why Trump's debate performance was so over the top ... What each candidate failed to do ... Debating what Trump meant when he told the Proud Boys to "stand back and stand by" ... Mickey, Hamlet-like, ponders his vote ... Bob's theory on how the debate could hurt Trump post-election ... Why polls may be even less reliable this year than in 2016 ...