Henri Matisse famously declared that he dreamed of an art “devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter … a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair.” His close friend ...

Kris Kobach, Arizona Immigration Law Co-Author, & Former Congressman Tom Tancredo, Defeats Mayor Julián Castro of San Antonio & Tamar Jacoby of ImmigrationWorks USA Debate to be broadcast on NPR ...

NPR will no longer distribute Intelligence Squared U.S., an Oxford-style debate program that airs on more than 220 public radio stations. Current confirmed Wednesday with a spokesperson for the show ...

Via Intelligence Squared-- For a period of time, going global just seemed to make sense. But with China’s rise, Covid-19, and the war in Ukraine, words like “localnomics,” “friends-shoring,” and ...

The dangers of climate change are “no longer over the horizon.” Humanity may soon pass the “point of no return.” These are the phrases U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used to describe what he ...

Intelligence Squared presented an excellent debate on Tuesday at Yale - "Resolved: Free speech is threatened on campus." Arguing for the motion were Wendy Kaminer, writer and lawyer, and John ...

Having been persecuted as a dangerous minority for centuries, in recent years the champions of atheism have achieved celebrity status around the world. Atheists have been quick to point to the evils ...

Bill Ritter, Former Governor of Colorado and Kassia Yanosek, Founding Principal of Tana Energy Capital vs. Acclaimed Authors and Climate Experts Robert Bryce and Steven Hayward Debate to Broadcast on ...