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What should the Republican party look like after Donald Trump? For many prominent establishment figures, including those behind The Lincoln Project, the GOP has lost its way. The only way back, they say, is to purge the forces that brought Trump to power. But others warn that rejecting the millions of voters who supported the former president is the wrong call for the American right. Rather, the GOP should instead double down, focus on bridging the establishment and grassroots factions of their...

‘Futurama’ Already Taught Us In 2001 Not To Date Robots February 15, 2021 To celebrate Valentine’s Day, Intelligence Squared hosted a debate on its “Agree to Disagree” podcast series. This episode, titled “Agree to Disagree: Sex Robots?,” pitted Kate Devlin against Joanna Bryson, with Devlin arguing the pro-robot relationship case and Bryson arguing the con. While technological advances mean this debate is necessary, and the episode of “Agree to Disagree” is great, “Futurama...

Press release content from Business Wire. The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. iConnections’ Global Alternatives Conference Announces Final Speaker Line-Up January 14, 2021 GMT NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 14, 2021-- iConnections, the industry-leading platform and community that seamlessly connects investment managers and allocators, today announced that Tristan Harris, President and co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, Francine Lacqua, Anchor and Editor-at-Large...

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Im not an anti-Semite; I never have been; and I dont have much time for anti-Semites. Ive written a couple of million words of opinion commentary this past thirty years, all of it archived on my website, and I defy you to find any evidence of anti-Semitism in it anywhere. However, Ive turned against the word "philosemite," for reasons Ive explained elsewhere. Basically, its patronizing. If pressed on the issue, I call myself an anti-anti-Semite. I cherish my Jewish friends, and I have publicly�...

Smiley vs Bond: how different were John le Carré and Ian Flemings creations, really? One looks like a movie star – the other a frog. But are James Bond and George Smiley more alike than we think? 14 December 2020 • 6:10pm Cut from the same cloth? Gary Oldman as Smiley and Sean Connery as Bond Credit: Film Stills/Bettmann Archive A spy and his master walk into a bar. “The name’s Bond, James Bond, and I’ll have a martini,” says the first. “What about you, George?” His plump, frog...

John Donvan hosts an Intelligence Squared debate on the Electoral College. Five American presidents — two in the last 20 years — have assumed office without winning the popular vote. The nation is involve in another contentious presidential election, and some are calling for an end to the Electoral College. They argue that the college subverts the will of the American people by unfairly prioritizing rural and swing states over the nation’s majority. But others say the Electoral College, ...

>> kennedy: dana, and your book, and you had so many great pieces of advice, especially for women entering politics. what would you tell alexandria ocasio-cortez about this moment in her political history. >> dana: you dont have to be in such a hurry. marinate a little longer. she can pick up the phone, and any respectable academic or politician. she could pick up the phone. anybody will come and briefer. what a great period. she can win that race. she can sit back. he does need to be doing all ...

>> so that sounds like he intends to defend his own misconduct by discussing bill. is that a winning debate strategy or will it backfire? joining me now two stellar debate experts john donovan is the debate moderator for intelligence squared u.s. debates, todd graham, from southern illinois university. hes been recognized three times as the national debate coach of the year. john donovan, a preliminary question, this has to be confronted at the start of this debate tomorrow night, wouldnt you ag...

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