Kuuntele The Soho Forum Debates

Jewish Currents' editor-at-large Peter Beinart [https://jewishcurrents.org/author/peter-beinart] and American Enterprise Institute senior fellow Michael Rubin [https://www.aei.org/profile/michael-rubin/] debate the resolution, "The oppression of Palestinians in non-democratic Israel has been systematic and profound." Arguing for the affirmative is Beinart, a professor of journalism and political science at the Newmark School of Journalism at the City University of New York. He's a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, editor-at-large for Jewish Currents, and a political commentator for MSNBC. Beinart has authored several books, including Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning [https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0593803892/reasonmagazinea-20/], which was released in January of this year. Arguing for the negative is Rubin, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where he specializes in the Middle East and Africa, and director of policy analysis at the Middle East Forum [https://www.meforum.org/]. He's the author of Dancing with the Devil: The Perils of Engaging Rogue Regimes [https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1594037973/reasonmagazinea-20/]. The debate was moderated by Soho Forum director Gene Epstein [https://reason.com/people/gene-epstein/]. CHAPTERS: * 00:00 Introduction * 00:15 The resolution reads… * 00:55 Beinart's opening statement * 11:36 Rubin's opening statement * 28:08 Beinart's rebuttal * 32:55 Rubin's rebuttal * 39:45 Q&A * 1:12:02 Beinart's closing statement * 1:15:22 Rubin's closing statement * 1:20:23 Announcements * 1:25:07 Results * Editor: John Osterhoudt [https://reason.com/people/john-osterhoudt/] The post Are The Palestinians Systematically Oppressed? [https://reason.com/podcast/2025/03/22/are-palestinians-systematically-oppressed/] appeared first on Reason.com [https://reason.com].

Scott Horton [https://libertarianinstitute.org/scott/] of The Libertarian Institute and Eli Lake [https://x.com/elilake] of The Free Press debate the resolution, "The United States started the new Cold War with Russia and provoked Russia's invasion of Ukraine." Taking the affirmative is Horton, the director of The Libertarian Institute [https://libertarianinstitute.org/] and the editorial director of antiwar.com [https://antiwar.com/]. He recently published a book on the debate subject called Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine [https://libertarianinstitute.org/books/provoked-how-washington-started-the-new-cold-war-with-russia-and-the-catastrophe-in-ukraine/]. Arguing for the negative is Lake, a columnist for The Free Press [https://www.thefp.com/w/eli-lake] and contributing editor for Commentary magazine [https://www.commentary.org/], whose longtime beat has been foreign affairs and national security. The debate was hosted at Dartmouth College by the Dartmouth Political Union [https://www.thedpu.org/] and moderated by Soho Forum director Gene Epstein [https://reason.com/people/gene-epstein/]. * Post Production: John Osterhoudt [https://reason.com/people/john-osterhoudt/] The post Did the U.S. Provoke Russia's Invasion of Ukraine? [https://reason.com/podcast/2025/02/08/did-the-u-s-provoke-russias-invasion-of-ukraine/] appeared first on Reason.com [https://reason.com].

Peter Gietl of Blaze Media and Salvadoran journalist Ricardo Avelar debate the resolution, "President Nayib Bukele's crime-fighting policies in El Salvador provide a model for reducing violence in other Latin American countries." Arguing in favor is Gietl [https://www.theblaze.com/u/petergietl], the managing editor for Return [https://www.theblaze.com/return/] and Frontier magazine [https://www.theblaze.com/frontier/] for Blaze Media [https://www.theblaze.com/about]. In November of last year, Gietl published a lengthy photojournalistic essay chronicling his travels to El Salvador, titled "J'Adore El Salvador [https://www.theblaze.com/frontier/jadore-el-salvador]," which he concludes by asking: "Can we bottle [El Salvador's transformation] up and ship it back to America?" Taking the negative is Avelar [https://x.com/docAvelar], a senior journalist and presenter for the Central American news outlet Revista Factum [https://www.revistafactum.com/quienes-somos/]. In 2021, he co-directed a docuseries called 9F: The Return of [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-QidnOOfyrRxFSOWaSKTzicZxaUyr0c0] Rifles [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-QidnOOfyrRxFSOWaSKTzicZxaUyr0c0], which is about the "El Bukelazo [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Salvadoran_political_crisis]" events of February 9, 2020. The debate is moderated by Soho Forum director Gene Epstein [https://reason.com/people/gene-epstein/]. * Post Production: John Osterhoudt [https://reason.com/people/john-osterhoudt/] The post El Salvador's Bukele: Authoritarian or Model President? [https://reason.com/podcast/2025/01/27/el-salvadors-bukele-authoritarian-or-model-president/] appeared first on Reason.com [https://reason.com].

Did the Supreme Court err in its July 1 ruling [https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/23pdf/23-939_e2pg.pdf] in Trump v. United States that "the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority"? That was the subject of this month's Soho Forum debate. Law professor Elizabeth Price Foley and journalist Glenn Greenwald debated the resolution, "Presidential immunity for official acts is a key factor in the proper functioning of the U.S. government's executive branch." Defending the resolution was Foley [https://www.bakerlaw.com/professionals/elizabeth-price-foley/], a professor of law at Florida International University, where she teaches constitutional law and separation of powers. She has testified before Congress [https://www.c-span.org/person/elizabeth-price-foley/65609/] on numerous constitutional topics, and is the author of three books [https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B001HMRRXI?ingress=0&visitId=a0271775-fe39-4d85-bea6-215a61f5e7c1&ref_=ap_rdr&tag=reasonmagazinea-20] on constitutional law. Arguing for the negative was Greenwald [https://twitter.com/@ggreenwald], a journalist and podcaster who won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/washington-post-wins-pulitzer-prize-for-public-service-shared-with-guardian/2014/04/14/bc7c4cc6-c3fb-11e3-bcec-b71ee10e9bc3_story.html] for Public Service for the NSA-Snowden revelations. He left The Intercept [https://greenwald.substack.com/p/my-resignation-from-the-intercept] in 2020 to become independent, and is now the host of SYSTEM UPDATE nightly on Rumble [https://rumble.com/GGreenwald]. This debated was moderated by Soho Forum director Gene Epstein. The post Was the Supreme Court Wrong About Presidential Immunity? [https://reason.com/podcast/2024/12/13/was-the-supreme-court-wrong-about-presidential-immunity/] appeared first on Reason.com [https://reason.com].

Santiago Forster and Agustín Dante Rombolá debate the resolution, "Free market President Javier Milei of Argentina has been making tangible progress toward improving the Argentinian economy." Taking the affirmative is Forster [https://www.linkedin.com/in/santiagoforster/], a fellow at Fundación Rioplatense de Estudios [https://fundacionfree.org], a South American think-tank dedicated to "spreading the principles of freedom, private initiative, free market, Rule of Law, and limited government." He is currently a student in International Business & International Affairs at Northeastern University, where he also serves as president of the LatAm Business Club [https://www.linkedin.com/company/latam-business-club/]. Taking the negative is Rombolá [https://x.com/agustindrombola/], the founder of Kairos Global [https://www.globalkairos.org/], an association that trains young people interested in becoming human rights activists. He is a member of the Argentine political party Unión Cívica Radical [https://www.ucr.org.ar/], where he serves as president of their youth branch, Juventud Radical [https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juventud_Radical_de_Argentina]. The debate is moderated by Soho Forum director, Gene Epstein [https://reason.com/people/gene-epstein/]. The post Is Javier Milei Actually Improving Argentina? [https://reason.com/podcast/2024/11/22/is-javier-milei-actually-improving-argentina/] appeared first on Reason.com [https://reason.com].