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The End of Wokeness (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
John detects a burgeoning pushback against racial wokeness ... The anti-racist “bluff” ... Glenn: Most Americans agree with Trump’s defenses of the…
5 years, 10 months ago
The Rare and Elusive Conservative Academic (Glenn Loury & Steven Teles)
The complex heterogeneity of Black American politics ... Why are there so few conservatives in academia? ... Is there any hope of attracting more o…
5 years, 10 months ago
Police Defunding and Its Discontents (Glenn Loury & Peter Moskos)
Peter: The police aren’t hated, but politicians are listening to the haters ... What is driving rising violent crime rates in NYC? ... The problem…
5 years, 11 months ago
Crises in Chicago (Glenn Loury & Richard Epstein)
The two crises in Chicago ... Richard: "The quarantines are overdoing it" ... Richard's critique of clinical trials for pharmaceuticals ... The r…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Economics of Covid Management (Glenn Loury & Laurence Kotlikoff)
The feasibility of group testing for Covid ... Is Trump responsible for inadequate testing? ... Larry: The government should fund companies develop…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Politics of School Reopenings (Glenn Loury & Michele Kerr)
Why Michele thinks schools shouldn't have closed ... Are teachers’ unions bad for students? ... Glenn: Teachers are almost certainly not a high-ri…
5 years, 11 months ago
The IQ Taboo (Glenn Loury & Amy Wax)
Debating Charles Murray’s new book, Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class ... Amy: It is an undeniable fact that there are IQ diff…
5 years, 11 months ago
The Dark Arts (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
John on "a truly medieval moment" ... Why Glenn didn't sign the Harper's open letter ... Linguists petition against fellow linguist Steven Pinker …
6 years ago
Braver Angels (Glenn Loury & John Wood, Jr.)
John explains how the current national crisis came to be ... Is civic discourse dead? ... Glenn: We are sliding into a state where the basic precon…
6 years ago
The Unraveling (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
John: White Fragility is "one of the worst books ever written" ... Debating how we should remember Woodrow Wilson ... Glenn: Our story is about mo…
6 years ago