2+ hour, 3+ min ago  (1087+ words) The Biden economy was largely defined by a divergence between consumer sentiment and traditional economic indicators. This "vibecession" sparked an incredible amount of economic discourse, analysis, and denial from a host of experts and commentators alike. The core argument was…...

14+ hour, 5+ min ago  (962+ words) Welcome to The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. Discourse about genetics is always fraught, and one way that it is needlessly so is the overly simplistic way in…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago  (187+ words) All of a sudden, Republicans love the deep state. That Republicans like cops (81%) more than Democrats (65%) is old news, but what caught my eye was how quickly Trump has managed to make federal law enforcement agencies " that his supporters once…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1456+ words) Spirit Airlines is dead, and the right, true to form, is blaming Joe Biden. The immediate cause of Spirit's demise is pretty clear: The war with Iran spiked jet fuel costs, and the already-battered airline couldn't absorb the hit to…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago  (1068+ words) We're taking The Argument to San Francisco! On May 13, Jerusalem Demsas and I are debating a question that feels unavoidable right now: Is AI actually changing how science gets done, or are we in the middle of a very expensive…...

6+ day, 2+ hour ago  (475+ words) We're taking The Argument to San Francisco! This Wednesday, Kelsey Piper and Jerusalem Demsas are debating whether AI can help humans cure cancer. Jerusalem is bullish; Kelsey is skeptical. And you won't just be watching. You'll get to join in…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (378+ words) Before David Modica confronted the Town Meeting of Marblehead, Massachusetts, with the question that would make him viral, he already knew the answer. "Are we kind of being pricks?" Marblehead is a small coastal Massachusetts town (pop. 20, 576) with a median…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (1395+ words) Welcome to the The Closing Argument, our verdict on the news, plus everything The Argument published and appeared in this week. We're taking The Argument to San Francisco! On May 13, Kelsey Piper and Jerusalem Demsas are debating a question that…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (1145+ words) We're taking The Argument to San Francisco! On May 13, Jerusalem Demsas and I are debating a question that feels unavoidable right now: Is AI actually changing how science gets done, or are we in the middle of a very expensive…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (443+ words) We're taking The Argument to San Francisco! On May 13, Kelsey Piper and Jerusalem Demsas are debating a question that feels unavoidable right now: Is AI actually changing how science gets done, or are we in the middle of a very…...