debate 
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
11/12/19
Against Reconciliation
by Adam Serwer
The gravest danger to American democracy isn’t an excess of vitriol—it’s the false promise of civility.
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7/7/19
The End of Humanitarian Intervention? A Debate at the Oxford Union With Historian David Gibbs and Michael Chertoff
by David N. Gibbs
Michael Chertoff -- former Secretary of Homeland Security during the presidency of George W. Bush and coauthor of the USA Patriot Act – defended humanitarian intervention; Gibbs argued against the practice.
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SOURCE: The Times
4//14/19
Join my Nato or watch critical thinking die
by Niall Ferguson
A new red army is out to silence debate. We must rise up and resist it.
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SOURCE: The Guardian
4/15/19
Niall Ferguson isn’t upset about free speech. He’s upset about being challenged
by Dawn Foster
Powerful people used to express their views on others unopposed. Now their targets fight back, they find it intolerable.
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