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A rat’s head in the GOP’s coke can
Chris Moody and Matt Lewis explain why Republicans caved on the payroll tax cut.
Why China supports Syria
Lora Saalman, an analyst based in China, links China's veto of the anti-Assad UN resolution to the Libyan intervention and China's own disputed territories.
A manufactured controversy?
Conor Friedersdorf and Noah Millman examine the debate over contraception and Catholic institutions. Also: why Charles Murray is wrong about beer.
The post-peace generation
What happens to the Middle East peace process when a generation of Israelis can't remember anything before the Second Intifada? On the debut of The Posner Show, Sarah Posner and Sarah Wildman discuss.
What happens to the Middle East peace process when a generation of Israelis can't remember anything before the Second Intifada? On the debut of The Posner Show, Sarah Posner and Sarah Wildman discuss.
Has Obama gotten bad economic advice?
Economics professor (and presidential candidate!) Larry Kotlikoff explains to Glenn Loury why the president hasn’t been well served by Tim Geithner, Larry Summers, et al.
The Catholic vote, up for grabs
Will the contraception issue lose Obama the Catholic vote—and thus the presidency? Bill Scher and Matt Lewis debate the question.
Would Iranians favor an attack?
Matt Duss and Jamie Fly debate whether the people of Iran would welcome a US military strike targeted at changing their regime.
Are Obama and the Catholic Church at war?
Amy Sullivan and Mollie Ziegler Hemingway debate the vexed relationship between the Church and the president.
Newt’s hypocrisy
Glenn Loury and Harold Pollack see hypocrisy in Newt Gingrich's attacks on President Obama and Juan Williams.
Should America intervene in Syria?
Shadi Hamid thinks the US has a moral responsibility to stop the massacre of innocents in Syria, but Gregory Gause worries about the lessons of the Iraq War.
Could Romney lose this thing?
Conn Carroll and Jaime Fuller take a hard look at his chances against Santorum.
Russia and Syria, BFFs?
Is Russia's support of the Assad regime a big mistake? Rob Farley and Mark Leon Goldberg consider.
Should Facebook be paying us?
Tech guru Jaron Lanier makes the case. Plus: How Facebook is killing the next Bob Dylan.
Payroll tax showdown
Conn Carroll and Joan McCarter debate what will happen in the fight over the payroll tax cut.
Online catcalling
Why are there so few female political journalists? Perhaps "online catcalling" plays a role. On the premiere of his eponymous show, Conor Friedersdorf and journalist Phoebe Connelly investigate.
