Matter of Opinion The New York Times
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Thoughts, aloud. Hosted by Michelle Cottle, Ross Douthat, Carlos Lozada and Lydia Polgreen. Every Friday, from New York Times Opinion.
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Why Do We Hate Kamala Harris? Do We?
This week, the hosts debate what the latest Times/Siena poll reveals about Joe Biden’s weaknesses and mull over the question of whether Vice President Kamala Harris is one of them. Plus, Carlos on some advice that’s gold, Jerry, gold.
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Let the Trump Veep Auditions Begin
Donald Trump is searching for a running mate, and his list of potential candidates is getting smaller and smaller. This week, the hosts discuss whether Trump is considering other qualities beyond loyalty, and they debate what his eventual choice could mean for the future of Trumpism in the Republican Party.
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Untangling the Mess of Campus Protests
On this episode, the hosts get heated about the political divisions and contradictions revealed by the recent campus protests and ask why some in Washington seem so invested in perpetuating the demonstrations.
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How Does Trump’s Violent Rhetoric End?
How worried should we really be about the threat of political violence? On this week’s episode of “Matter of Opinion,” columnist Jamelle Bouie joins the hosts to set the record straight on whether we’re actually living through an unusually violent era, and they discuss whether the new movie, “Civil War,” could come true.
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Thomas Friedman on Iran, Israel and Preventing a ‘Forever War’
Will Israel and Iran’s unprecedented attacks escalate into a wider mideast conflict? A “forever war”? This week, columnist Tom Friedman joins the hosts to unpack the latest developments, what it means for Gaza, and the implications for the region writ large.
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Abortion, Trump and Religion in Politics
This week, the hosts debate how religious voters will react to Donald Trump’s betrayal of anti-abortion positions, the evolution of Christianity as the domain of the right and whether religion is actually as powerful as it seems in modern U.S. politics.
Plus, Ross finds aliens, again.
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finally, a return to informed civil discussion between people with different political view points
As a moderate, I see this as a good step in the right direction. The New York Times has an essential resource of both liberal and conservative columnists. Ross Douthat has published in National Review and been on Jonah Goldberg's The Remnant. Michele Goldberg (no relation to Jonah Goldberg) is more on the liberal side, and David Leonhardt is perhaps somewhere in between, and in the columns I have read, has an educated technical sense. So there is a healthy balance of political, cultural and economic sense being exchanged and debated in a civil and thoughtful way. To put them together to discuss these issues is probably challenging, but it puts together the flavor of informed discussion as in Commentary or National Review podcasts but with people who have stronger ideological differences in their points of view.
Sometimes, I have seen joint work between Bret Stephens and Gail Collins, but it is very irregular. Hence, this weekly podcast appears to be a helpful way for us to understand why people of different ideological bend are thinking they way they are. I’m not sure that it will do anything bridge the divide, but even if it helps people understand that the issues are very complex with undesirable consequences whatever policy is employed, this would be far better than to listen to people who preach fear and claim to know how everything works and how to fix it. In that respect, it’s an encouraging start.