#Debate

Steve Inskeep

NPRinskeep

It's really not sufficient to say that last night's debate was awful, though of course it was. The point of a debate is to compare the candidates for the job

David Tinline

DavidTinline

We are being failed by the current debate on trade. Our joint letter from trade professionals in the Telegraph today, calls for a reset of the conversation. Here’s the excellent

Sean Carroll

seanmcarroll

I firmly believe that the best response to speech that one disagrees with is to offer better arguments in refutation, not to silence people. But an open letter like this

Tim Hogan

TimInHonolulu

1. Something I'm watching with Trump: The literature I saw didn't recommend #Dexamethasone early in the disease course. There were concerns that it would suppress the immune system's initial response,

Alex

bolshieboi1917

To chime in late to the Contrapoints 'Voting' video discussion, I want to make the point that she is arguing against a complete strawman the entire video, rather than engaging

J. M. Giordano photo

jmgpix

Dress CODED sign at the new Choptank restaurant in Fells... https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/food/wp/2019/09/17/critics-say-a-new-baltimore-crab-house-is-targeting-minorities-with-its-strict-dress-code/ Everyone watch this and chill...https://twit

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Thing about the "herd immunity" debate is, there isn't one. Herd immunity was discarded by WHO virologists and epidemiologists and their US/UK counterparts. So why are we still talking about

Seth Abramson

SethAbramson

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Clifford Asness

CliffordAsness

I’ve avoided fighting with this insane person for a while, as while sometimes brilliant, he’s often very wrong and clearly both nuts and a world class terrible person. Didn’t need

Taufiq "Social Distance" Rahim

thegeopolitico

Today this letter from @Harpers came out with a fairly innocuous message on defending the free exchange of ideas. I signed it because anything that encourages discussion over diatribe, and

Marco Rogers

polotek

This video makes me upset. But it's worth examining a bit. The main thing I want to note in this moment is that this person doesn't want to have a

JD Flynn

jdflynn

So why does that matter? Because the actual vote that was taken was not over the Chaput/McElroy disagreement, it was over the Cupich suggestion of an added paragraph. And agreeing

Kai Cheng, Priestess of the Old Religion

razorfemme

We can debate & debate, but transformative vs punitive justice will always come down a question of belief: Do you believe that humans - that our world - can only

Victor Don Doom

gol_mia

It's incredible the shit those wrapped up in culture war BS have to make up to justify their delusions. I've never seen anyone mix the two matters up, but it's

Michael Gerber

mgerber937

Why I didn't watch the #debate: Donald Trump is an abuser. One of the most powerful tools abusers have is words. If you do not listen, they lose much of

Rohan Pitchford

PitchfordRohan

I completely disagree with Gigi Foster and Paul Frijter's prescription for dealing with coronavirus. But categorically defend their right to make their argument. Bizarrely, Australia has two extreme economic views