PAST EVENTS


December 14, 2022

Nationalism is an important value that Americans should support.

Richard Lowry of the National Review vs. Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute.


November 15, 2022

Focused protection, as set forth in the Great Barrington Declaration, should be the general principle of public health management of highly infectious respiratory virus pandemics.

Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford University vs. Sten Vermund of Yale.


October 17, 2022

Free market ideology is largely responsible for the dismal performance of the US economy over the past few decades.

Binyamin Appelbaum of the New York Times vs. Gene Epstein, the Director of The Soho Forum.


September 19, 2022

It is imperative to eliminate nuclear weapons.

Ward Wilson of RealistRevolt vs. Peter Huessy of the Hudson Institute.


August 15, 2022

Climate science compels us to make large and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

Andrew Dessler of Texas A&M University vs Steven Koonin of NYU Stern School of Business.


July 26, 2022

Will gold remain an important form of money, or are cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin set to overtake it?

Keith Weiner, CEO of Monetary Metals vs. Pierre Rochard, co-host of the Bitcoin for Advisors podcast.


June 23, 2022

The U.S. response to a Russian invasion of another country should involve the provision of ample weapons, supplies, and military intelligence to that country, together with organizing aggressive economic, political, and cultural sanctions on Russia.

Cathy Young, a contributor to Reason magazine and a weekly columnist at Newsday vs. Scott Horton, author of Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism.


June 7, 2022

America's overdose crisis is the result of doctors over‐treating patients with opioids.

Adriane Fugh-Berman of Georgetown University vs. Jeff Singer of the Cato Institute.


May 9, 2022

A good society should criminalize the purchase of sex.

Julie Bindel, author of Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation vs. Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Senior Editor at Reason magazine.


April 11, 2022

The U.S. should use its military power to deter China from invading Taiwan.

William Galston, Senior Fellow at the Brookings institution vs. Peter Van Buren, former U.S. State Dept. Diplomat.


February 17, 2022

The federal government should increase its efforts to reduce the harms caused by social media.

Jonathan Haidt of NYU vs. Robby Soave of Reason magazine.