E-mail debates of newsworthy topics.

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• Has America Failed in Iraq? It's not the U.S. presence that bothers the insurgents, it's the prospect of democracy.
  Dan Senor July 20, 2005
  
• Debating Pop Culture Are our guilty pleasures more challenging than we think?
  Steven Johnson May 12, 2005
  
• The Catholic Church, Post-John Paul II The church's untold stories.
  Michael McGough April 1, 2005
  
• Chatting About the Oscars The post-Oscar hangover.
  David Edelstein Feb. 24, 2005