Can a 30-year-old be "too young to know better"? ... Typecasting young people as woke political radicals ... The revolution devours its adults ... The inevitable disaster of reopening residential colleges ... The strange case of Aaron Coleman ...

The complex heterogeneity of Black American politics ... Why are there so few conservatives in academia? ... Is there any hope of attracting more of them? ... Glenn proposes the creation of a Conservative Studies program ... How Covid-induced austerity might affect diversity in university hiring ... Would it even be possible to staff a conservative academic institution? ...

Mickey’s unfavorable review of Trump’s speech ... Why Trump is far from doomed ... Does Trump have anything to brag about in his foreign policy? ... How much blame does Trump deserve for the pandemic's toll? ... The open-carry shooting in Kenosha ... What Jerry Falwell Jr. and Jimmy Swaggart have in common ... Both parties have unstable coalitions, so why hasn't there been a realignment? ... Bob and Mickey both attempt to claim the mantle of Ricky Ricardo

Matt has been impressed by the GOP convention... ... ...but does any of it matter? ... Matt's confidence about Biden slips ... Breakout stars of the convention with an eye to 2024 ... Matt's conservative base focus group, a.k.a. lunch with his mom ... Bill previews the MA Senate primary between Ed Markey and Joe Kennedy ... A tough race for a progressive challenger, and a fake(?) scandal, in MA-1 ... The ominous cultural currents exposed by the Kenosha shooting ...

Laura’s history with online dating ... How men and women use dating apps differently ... Laura and Aryeh’s dating profile red flags ... Swiping strategies ... Modern dating as a “game of who can care less” ... First date dilemmas ... Dating during Covid ... Laura’s advice for people new to app dating ...

Peter: The police aren’t hated, but politicians are listening to the haters ... What is driving rising violent crime rates in NYC? ... The problem of discussing racial disparities in crime and policing ... Contesting Jill Lepore’s account of the history of policing ... Disambiguating police defunding and police reform ...

Was Biden's convention speech just a bunch of blarney? ... The political convention as infomercial ... Is Steve Bannon toast? ... Mickey defends the recent controversial changes at the Postal Service ... The Kamala 25th Amendment scenario ... Bob tries to get Mickey to admit he wants Trump to win ... What is the "Charlottesville lie"? And is it really a lie? ... Decoding the Israel–UAE deal ... Covid and herd immunity ...

A political convention totally under the control of the candidate ... Grading Kamala's acceptance speech ... Obama's novel spin on "black lives matter" ... Bill: AOC's appearance was brilliant all around ... Was the roll-call of states an implicit rebuke of Bernie? ... Advice for GOP convention planners ... The purposeful vagueness of Biden's "Build Back Better" slogan ... Bill gets retweeted by Trump; his life remains the same ...

The two crises in Chicago ... Richard: "The quarantines are overdoing it" ... Richard's critique of clinical trials for pharmaceuticals ... The recent looting in Chicago ... A classical liberal approach to fixing housing on the South Side ... Why didn't the Chicago PD stop the looting? ... Richard praises Trump's "fairly solid record of achievement" ... Will vote by mail produce a disaster? ...

Eric’s new book, Lying in State: Why Presidents Lie—And Why Trump Is Worse ... What sets Trump’s lying apart ... The ideals of America vs. the facts of empire and white supremacy ... FDR’s lies in the run-up to US entry into WWII and at Yalta ... Lies told by Washington, Wilson, and JFK ... The many lies about our covert acts during the Cold War ... Jimmy Carter’s unusual relationship to lying ... How the press let Reagan get away with his lies ... Eric is surprised by Bill Clinton’s honesty ... Eric: Obama almost always told the truth ...