Tag: thought-provoking question
Why Biden’s Age Is An Unavoidable Conversation
“Human history is littered with good leaders who stayed too long,” one reader argues.
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Last week I asked readers to opine on whether Democrats should stick with
15 Readers on Trust in American Institutions
“My trust is more fragile than 10 years ago,” one reader writes, “because I can see very easily how our institutions could be completely destroyed in a matter of months.”
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Last week,
Is Racial ‘Color-Blindness’ Possible?
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Last week, I asked, “What roles should ‘color-blindness’ and race-consciousness play in personal interactions?”
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Adam is of two minds:
… Read moreThe phrase “I don’t see color” is deservedly a joke; it’s hard to imagine growing up in America and never
Reader Views on the Role of Taboos
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Last week I asked readers, “How should liberal democracies utilize or eschew taboos?”
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We in liberal democracies have a fondness for countercultural expression and norm challenging that can seem paradoxical—if so many of us come to love a rebel,
The Role of Taboos in a Liberal Democracy
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Question of the Week
How should liberal democracies utilize or eschew taboos? (See any and all items below for context, and feel free to construe the question broadly or to focus on anything related to it.)
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Tracy Chapman and a Country-Music Controversy
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Question of the Week
What is the most constructive way for the press to cover race if its objectives include accurately informing citizens about the past and the present––no matter how awful or uncomfortable––and refraining from framing the news in ways that are needlessly polarizing or
The Public Debates Worth Witnessing
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Last week, I asked readers what subject they would want to see debated and who the participants would be.
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J.E. wants a prominent current or former tech executive to face a critic:
… Read moreI’d have Mark Zuckerberg or Sheryl Sandberg
Joe Rogan, RFK Jr., and the Debates Worth Having
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Question of the Week
If you could set up a debate between any two figures on any subject––and could be guaranteed that tens of millions of Americans would watch––what proposition would you want debated and who would argue each side?
The podcast host Joe Rogan made news
What Stanford Law’s DEI Dean Got Wrong
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Question of the Week
I was overwhelmed by your responses to last week’s question on cars! So for now, I’m going to hold off on a new question and promise to send out your excellent thoughts in the next newsletter.
Public Outrage Hasn’t Improved Policing
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Question of the Week
What is the best way forward for Americans who want to improve policing and the criminal-justice system?
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Conversations of Note
Earlier this month, a Black