Newsletter: Does Taylor Swift Deserve Her Billion Dollar Fortune?

ARGUING YES Jessica Flanigan Political Philosopher and Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond   ARGUING NO Ingrid Robeyns Chair in Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University's Ethics Institute; Author of…

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Newsletter: Does Taylor Swift Deserve Her Billion Dollar Fortune?

ARGUING YES Jessica Flanigan Political Philosopher and Chair in Ethics and Democratic Values at the University of Richmond   ARGUING NO Ingrid Robeyns Chair in Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University's Ethics Institute; Author of…

March 18, 2024

Newsletter: Should We Address the Gender Wage Gap?

ARGUING YES Kadie Ward Chief Administrative Officer and Commissioner at the Pay Equity Commission of Ontario    ARGUING NO Allison Schrager Economist; Bloomberg Opinion Contributor; Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute   GUEST MODERATOR Nayeema…

March 11, 2024

Newsletter: Has Citizens United Undermined Democracy?

ARGUING YES Francesca Procaccini Assistant Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University Law School   ARGUING YES Ciara Torres-Spelliscy Professor of Law at Stetson University   ARGUING NO Floyd Abrams Senior Counsel at Cahill Gordon &…

March 05, 2024

Newsletter on Color Blindness

ARGUING YES   Jamelle Bouie Columnist for The New York Times   ARGUING NO Coleman Hughes Host of the “Conversations with Coleman” podcast, Contributing Writer at The Free Press, and Analyst at CNN    …

February 26, 2024

Unresolved: The Iran Threat

Ray Takeyh Senior Fellow for Middle East Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations   Barbara Slavin Distinguished Fellow at the Stimson Center   Michael Doran Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace…

February 20, 2024

Newsletter: Esther Perel on Resolving Conflict in Relationships

Esther Perel Psychotherapist, New York Times Bestselling Author, and Host of the “Where Should We Begin?” Podcast   John Donvan Host and Moderator-in-Chief     This week: New episode: Esther Perel on how to disagree…

February 12, 2024

A Debate Dividing Republicans: Two Conservatives on One Big Spending Problem

ARGUING YES Oren Cass Executive Director of American Compass   ARGUING NO David McIntosh President of the Club for Growth   GUEST MODERATOR Nayeema Raza Journalist at New York Magazine and Vox     This…

February 05, 2024

Newsletter: Is Engineering Solar Radiation a Crazy Idea?

ARGUING YES Clive Hamilton Professor; Author of "Earthmasters: The Dawn of the Age of Climate Engineering"   ARGUING YES Anjali Viswamohanan Director of Policy at the Asia Investor Group on Climate Change   ARGUING NO…

January 29, 2024

Newsletter: Is the American Dream in Decline?

ARGUING YES David Leonhardt Pulitzer Prize winner; Senior Writer for The New York Times and The Morning newsletter; Author of “Ours Was the Shining Future: The Story of the American Dream”   ARGUING NO Michael…

January 23, 2024

Newsletter: David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts on Conflict, War, and Debate

David Petraeus U.S. Army Retired General; Chairman of the KKR Global Institute; Former CIA Director   Andrew Roberts Biographer, Historian, and Member of the U.K. Parliament   GUEST MODERATOR Xenia Wickett Geopolitical Strategist; Principal at…

January 17, 2024

A Message from the Moderator's Desk

Dear all fans, followers and frequenters of Open to Debate: It's that time of year where I like to say to all of you: "thanks and..." Thanks for listening and watching, for liking and sharing,…

January 09, 2024

Mock Trial Newsletter: Is Trump Guilty in the January 6th Case?

PROSECUTOR Lanny Davis Attorney and Former Presidential Advisor   DEFENSE ATTORNEY Sara Azari Criminal Defense Lawyer; Legal Analyst for NewsNation   CROSS EXAMINER Randall Eliason Former Chief of the Fraud and Public Corruption Section at…

January 08, 2024
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