Matt is crazy about Kyrsten SInema's freewheelin' attitude  ... Are hardball tactics working out for progressives?  ... How bad are Biden's poll numbers? ...

Sympathy for Kyrsten Sinema  (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)

Smart people talking about politics, policy, culture and other stuff

Why Iran’s attack on Israel was an “own goal”  ... Did Iran minimize casualties on purpose?  ... The rising odds of Israel attacking Iran directly  ... America’s contradictory relationship with Israel  ... How conflict with Iran helps Israel  ... What China wants in the Middle East  ... America’s destabilizing role in the region  ... Heading to Overtime  ...

How Iran’s Attack Benefits Israel (Robert Wright & Joshua Landis)

Iran’s “Imminent” Attack (Robert Wright & Andrew Day)

Why Paul’s eclipse experience eclipsed Bob’s  ... Remembering pioneering psychologist Daniel Kahneman  ... Bob fails gender affirmation test  ... Has the “replication crisis” tainted Kahneman’s legacy?  ... Eastern vs. Western “enlightenment”  ... How AI doomerism came to the rationalist community  ... 3 Body Problem review goes into Overtime ...

Daniel Kahneman and the Rationalists (Robert Wright & Paul Bloom)

Are Republican Trump critics returning to the GOP fold?  ... Has Trump threaded the needle on abortion?  ... Can Biden shift the nation's attention to abortion? ...

Can Abortion Sink Trump? (Matt K. Lewis & Bill Scher)

A brief message from Bob  ... Derek and Danny stumble into Bob’s Zoom room   ... Israel’s doubly out-of-control week  ... How Biden's Gaza failures will shape the Democratic Party  ... Biden’s political incentives on Israel-Palestine  ... Heading to Overtime   ...

Sympathy for Kyrsten Sinema (Bill Scher & Matt K. Lewis)

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