Was Trumpism inevitable? ... How did Trump the sinner capture the evangelical vote? ... How immigration made and strained U.S. culture ... The moral polarization of America ... What makes America great? ... Do progressive vs. conservative fights need a referee? ...

Will Trump’s agenda stall in Congress? ... Can Trump become Mr. Popularity? ... How do you solve a problem like Obamacare? ... Where will DeVos take public education? ... The weirdness of the Trump-Russia thing ... Trump as symptom of a larger problem ...

How will U.S. foreign policy change in 2017? ... Hints about what’s to come from Trump’s cabinet picks ... "Mad Dog" Mattis, the realist? ... The puzzle of Steve Bannon ... Russia good, China bad? ... The apocalyptic visions that keep Bob and Jim up at night ...

John Paul's job working toward peace on Earth ... How curiosity and creativity can ease conflicts ... The risks of peace-making ... Is there hope for Syria? ... Religion’s role in fueling—and calming—violence ... John Paul's advice for cultivating moral imagination ...

What is transhumanism? ... Is immortality possible? ... Using wormholes to resurrect the dead ... Could you rewind the universe? ... Transhumanism as a religion ... Why Giulio calls himself a theist ...

Bob’s NY Times article on evolution and purpose ... Was evolution likely to produce the Internet? ... The counter-entropic role of life ... Is moral progress built into history? ... Social and political dimensions of moral progress ... The psychology of terrorism ... What can we do to fight tribalist impulses? ...

The controversy over the neurochemical basis for trust ... What causes "altruistic punishment?" ... How haste makes good people bad ... The nuts and bolts of forgiveness ... The psychology of political conflict ... What makes us care about strangers? ...

Paul’s brand new book, Against Empathy ... The damage empathy can do ... The difference between empathy and compassion ... Why our moral intuitions aren’t so moral ... Are low empathy people more likely to hurt others? ... Empathy as moral jet fuel ... The costs and benefits of feeling other people’s pain ...

Jay’s anti-Trump appeals ... How the election unleashed hate ... When “love your enemy” just won’t work ... Is empathy a limited resource? ... Jay’s spiritual toolkit for coping with a Trump presidency ... Trump, the anti-Buddha ... Can mindfulness help save the world? ...

How hormones drive consumer and mating behavior ... How your fingers give your testosterone level away ... Why some people seem taller than they are ... Why grandfathers get fewer gifts than grandmothers ... Is religion at the root of bad behavior? ... Is Islam more conducive to violence than other religions? ... Evolutionary perspectives on religion ...