Debate Time

Episode #146

Bill and Phil explore the significance of the first Republican debate, discuss Joe Biden‘s quiet but meaningful efforts to support the International Criminal Court, and close by pondering China’s economic troubles and whether the threat posed by China has been exaggerated.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “If Republicans Narrow the Field, We Will Beat Trump” by Chris Sununu in The New York Times

• “Trump Is Beatable in Iowa” by Ronald Brownstein for The Atlantic

• “The Constitution Prohibits Trump From Ever Being President Again” By J. Michael Luttig and Laurence H. Tribe in The Atlantic

• “Biden Orders U.S. to Share Evidence of Russian War Crimes With Hague Court” by Charlie Savage in The New York Times

• “What just happened: Storm clouds loom for China’s economy” by Sebastian Mallaby, Catherine Rampell, Lawrence H. Summers, Max Boot, Josh Rogin, David Ignatius and Keith B. Richburg in The Washington Post

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