Interview: Rep. Jeff Van Drew on Getting the Two Parties to Work Together
The Center - “America is an experiment in democracy like none other. I do believe in American exceptionalism. They spoke about many things, but one of the things that they spoke about was the fact that we should never be overly reliant on political parties.” 9/11/2019
The Center - “America is an experiment in democracy like none other. I do believe in American exceptionalism. They spoke about many things, but one of the things that they spoke about was the fact that we should never be overly reliant on political parties.” 9/11/2019Georgia’s AG: Fighting Gangs and Human Trafficking
The Right - “Like [how] the Southern District of New York became the hub for financial crimes, the Northern District of Georgia has become a hub for online financial crimes and cybersecurity because it all runs through our network.” 8/28/2019
The Right - “Like [how] the Southern District of New York became the hub for financial crimes, the Northern District of Georgia has become a hub for online financial crimes and cybersecurity because it all runs through our network.” 8/28/2019Gov. Brian Kemp: His Approach for Georgia
The Right - “And things like rural broadband, having quality health care, just a good quality of life, good ability to get a great education—whether it’s going into a technical field college or university setting. We had a lot of different options for folks, and we’re slowly moving the needle.” 8/23/2019
The Right - “And things like rural broadband, having quality health care, just a good quality of life, good ability to get a great education—whether it’s going into a technical field college or university setting. We had a lot of different options for folks, and we’re slowly moving the needle.” 8/23/2019Rep. Seth Moulton: Mental Health in America
The Left - “When he went to the VA to get help, they told him that their next mental health appointment was in 3 months—even though he was thinking of committing suicide that very night. That’s unacceptable.” 8/9/2019
The Left - “When he went to the VA to get help, they told him that their next mental health appointment was in 3 months—even though he was thinking of committing suicide that very night. That’s unacceptable.” 8/9/2019What Happens to Those Who Investigate Government Corruption
The Center - “I knew the consequences of looking into public corruption. You’re not going to make many friends, and you’re certainly going to make many enemies.” 7/21/2019
The Center - “I knew the consequences of looking into public corruption. You’re not going to make many friends, and you’re certainly going to make many enemies.” 7/21/2019On the Issues: Presidential Candidate Joe Sestak
The Left - “That’s where I think it’s a real difference, that you actually have somebody running that can actually win a Republican district nearly 2 to 1 without spending a dime on a campaign.” 7/20/2019
The Left - “That’s where I think it’s a real difference, that you actually have somebody running that can actually win a Republican district nearly 2 to 1 without spending a dime on a campaign.” 7/20/2019Sen. David Perdue: Making Washington More Results-Oriented
The Right - “We need to go back to what the Founding Fathers and Mothers had in mind: a citizen-legislator—somebody that comes here, tries to get results, and then goes home and lets the next person try.” 7/16/2019
The Right - “We need to go back to what the Founding Fathers and Mothers had in mind: a citizen-legislator—somebody that comes here, tries to get results, and then goes home and lets the next person try.” 7/16/2019One-on-One with Rep. Dwight Evans (Part II)
The Left - “I don’t know who you think you’re talking to, because you don’t understand, I’m not your typical Democrat.” 7/5/2019
The Left - “I don’t know who you think you’re talking to, because you don’t understand, I’m not your typical Democrat.” 7/5/2019Interview: Rep. Madeleine Dean at Border Detention Facilities
The Left - “They slid a note, children with a note under the door and said, ‘How can we help you?'” 7/3/2019
The Left - “They slid a note, children with a note under the door and said, ‘How can we help you?'” 7/3/2019Then a Long Shot, Now a Contender: Our 2018 Interview with Andrew Yang
The Left - “It is my conviction that we are going through the greatest technological and economic shift in human history, and our political class is completely asleep at the switch.” 6/27/2019
The Left - “It is my conviction that we are going through the greatest technological and economic shift in human history, and our political class is completely asleep at the switch.” 6/27/2019One-on-One with Rep. Dwight Evans
The Left - “I have no differences when people produce outcomes.” 6/20/2019
The Left - “I have no differences when people produce outcomes.” 6/20/2019Wayne Messam, The Florida Mayor Running for President
The Left - “And some talk is floating around right now about merit-based immigration. Individuals like my parents would have been at the bottom, the end of the line, and would perhaps never have had an opportunity, and yet they helped build the agriculture sector.” 6/13/2019
The Left - “And some talk is floating around right now about merit-based immigration. Individuals like my parents would have been at the bottom, the end of the line, and would perhaps never have had an opportunity, and yet they helped build the agriculture sector.” 6/13/2019“Give Them an Argument: Logic for the Left”
The Left - “Doing that mental exercise of seeing if you could rephrase somebody else’s argument in your own words—that alone might be one of the single most useful things that you can do to reason better and to respond to people’s arguments better.” 6/12/2019
The Left - “Doing that mental exercise of seeing if you could rephrase somebody else’s argument in your own words—that alone might be one of the single most useful things that you can do to reason better and to respond to people’s arguments better.” 6/12/2019One-on-One with Howard Dean
The Left - “So I’m going to answer your question, but I want to preface it by saying most people do not vote on policies. They think they do, but they don’t. Even smart, educated people who think they do even more so don’t.” 6/11/2019
The Left - “So I’m going to answer your question, but I want to preface it by saying most people do not vote on policies. They think they do, but they don’t. Even smart, educated people who think they do even more so don’t.” 6/11/2019Interview: Nicholas Christakis on His Latest Book
The Center - “When I’m speaking of a good society, I’m not necessarily speaking of a good society in the 21st century. I’m speaking of a kind of good society that we have a blueprint to make, that is, in turn, written in our genes.” 6/10/2019
The Center - “When I’m speaking of a good society, I’m not necessarily speaking of a good society in the 21st century. I’m speaking of a kind of good society that we have a blueprint to make, that is, in turn, written in our genes.” 6/10/2019Interview with Senator Isakson: Putting Veterans First
The Center - “One thing is for sure in Washington is, no matter how tight or tough times are, veterans are a class to themselves; they are an issue to themselves. Partisanship rarely ever creeps into the VA.” 6/4/2019
The Center - “One thing is for sure in Washington is, no matter how tight or tough times are, veterans are a class to themselves; they are an issue to themselves. Partisanship rarely ever creeps into the VA.” 6/4/2019Interview with Mike Gravel: His Priorities in Running for President
The Left - “So Buttegieg, in what that reveals of him, is that he’s a classic puppet of the military industrial complex.” 5/31/2019
The Left - “So Buttegieg, in what that reveals of him, is that he’s a classic puppet of the military industrial complex.” 5/31/2019Interview: A Pulitzer Prize Winner’s Advice to Young Journalists
The Center - “Photojournalism—and photography in general—is based on a trusting relationship: the relationship between the photographer and the subject. And, in order to really get several layers deep, the photographer needs to reveal their sensitive side.” 5/28/2019
The Center - “Photojournalism—and photography in general—is based on a trusting relationship: the relationship between the photographer and the subject. And, in order to really get several layers deep, the photographer needs to reveal their sensitive side.” 5/28/2019Interview with Former Rep. Tom Davis: Can Earmarks Fix Congress?
The Right - “In my district, I wasn’t just Tom Davis—I was ‘Mr. Woodrow Wilson Bridge.’ I was the guy who closed Morton and got 3,000 acres donated to the county. Those were the kinds of tangible efforts where people may not like my party, but they saw some redeeming qualities in me to keep me around.” 4/26/2019
The Right - “In my district, I wasn’t just Tom Davis—I was ‘Mr. Woodrow Wilson Bridge.’ I was the guy who closed Morton and got 3,000 acres donated to the county. Those were the kinds of tangible efforts where people may not like my party, but they saw some redeeming qualities in me to keep me around.” 4/26/2019Lincoln Chafee Joins Erich Prince: Lessons from Running for President
The Left - “In my opening statement I said, ‘In thirty years of public service, I never had a scandal.’ The murmur of boos in the audience—I guess they saw that as a dig at the other candidates.” 4/23/2019
The Left - “In my opening statement I said, ‘In thirty years of public service, I never had a scandal.’ The murmur of boos in the audience—I guess they saw that as a dig at the other candidates.” 4/23/2019Interview: Vice President Mondale Comments on Today’s Democratic Party
The Left - “I told one of the other senators, ‘You’re a very pleasant, sweet person. But deep down, the public wants a son-of-a-gun. You’ve got to get stuff done.'” 4/11/2019
The Left - “I told one of the other senators, ‘You’re a very pleasant, sweet person. But deep down, the public wants a son-of-a-gun. You’ve got to get stuff done.'” 4/11/2019Interview: One-on-One with Congresswoman Susan Wild
The Left - “Most of all, I just want my constituents back home to know that I’m working for them, and that I’m not thinking about contributions from a big corporation when I’m in a committee hearing and questioning witnesses and when we’re voting on matters that are important to the working families in my district.” 4/4/2019
The Left - “Most of all, I just want my constituents back home to know that I’m working for them, and that I’m not thinking about contributions from a big corporation when I’m in a committee hearing and questioning witnesses and when we’re voting on matters that are important to the working families in my district.” 4/4/2019Interview: One-on-One with Congressman Jody Hice
The Right - “There’s not a single one of us who has not made mistakes in our lives, and we have a number of people who were in jails and prisons that made mistakes that they regret.” 4/2/2019
The Right - “There’s not a single one of us who has not made mistakes in our lives, and we have a number of people who were in jails and prisons that made mistakes that they regret.” 4/2/2019Norman Ornstein Joins Erich Prince: “It’s Even Worse Than It Looks”
The Center - “It’s harder to demonize somebody if your kids are playing on the soccer field together, and you’re out there on a weekend afternoon.” 3/30/2019
The Center - “It’s harder to demonize somebody if your kids are playing on the soccer field together, and you’re out there on a weekend afternoon.” 3/30/2019Reps. Madeleine Dean and Mike Thompson Comment on Gun Violence
The Left - “It’s hard to point to me as an anti-gun person. I’ve got a gun safe full of them! Every year, when we have the competition for skeet, trap, and sporting clays, Democrats vs. Republicans, I always walk away with the trophy.” 3/18/2019
The Left - “It’s hard to point to me as an anti-gun person. I’ve got a gun safe full of them! Every year, when we have the competition for skeet, trap, and sporting clays, Democrats vs. Republicans, I always walk away with the trophy.” 3/18/2019Greg Lukianoff Joins Erich Prince: The Coddling of the American Mind
The Center - “On campuses so far, I have been pleasantly surprised that I have been invited to talks that have been well-received and civil.” 3/16/2019
The Center - “On campuses so far, I have been pleasantly surprised that I have been invited to talks that have been well-received and civil.” 3/16/2019Interview: One-on-One with Congressman Andy Kim
The Left - “I am, first and foremost, a public servant to my district—not a Democrat or anything else.“ 3/11/2019
The Left - “I am, first and foremost, a public servant to my district—not a Democrat or anything else.“ 3/11/2019Interview: Rick Ungar on His New Project “The Daily Centrist”
The Center - “My reputation is, ‘Every conservative’s favorite liberal.’ That’s because I don’t hate people because I disagree with them.” 3/1/2019
The Center - “My reputation is, ‘Every conservative’s favorite liberal.’ That’s because I don’t hate people because I disagree with them.” 3/1/2019Our Conversation With Berny Belvedere, Founder of Arc Digital
The Center - “People who read us will gain a better perspective overall of the issues that we produce. Why wouldn’t we want to be as influential as possible?“ 2/26/2019
The Center - “People who read us will gain a better perspective overall of the issues that we produce. Why wouldn’t we want to be as influential as possible?“ 2/26/2019Douglas Lain Joins Erich Prince: Running a Boutique Publishing Label
The Left - “Around that time, there was the 2008 financial crisis. A lot of people in New York publishing were let go, and my contract with Macmillan seemed to be in jeopardy.” 2/14/2019
The Left - “Around that time, there was the 2008 financial crisis. A lot of people in New York publishing were let go, and my contract with Macmillan seemed to be in jeopardy.” 2/14/2019Interview: Rep. Madeleine Dean—On the Issues
The Left - “In the Democratic caucus, we elected more new women than men. Think of that statement!” 2/7/2019
The Left - “In the Democratic caucus, we elected more new women than men. Think of that statement!” 2/7/2019Interview: Jonathan Haidt on What Underlies Polarization in America
The Center - “In a sense, the Founding Fathers feared democracy because of the tendency of people to be carried away by their passion and easily led astray by demagogues, and I think that our modern polarization, augmented by social media, could well bring their worst fears to reality.” 1/30/2019
The Center - “In a sense, the Founding Fathers feared democracy because of the tendency of people to be carried away by their passion and easily led astray by demagogues, and I think that our modern polarization, augmented by social media, could well bring their worst fears to reality.” 1/30/2019Interview: Kate Leaver Talks Friendship
The Center - “I think reciprocity is a very important part of a friendship or, in fact, any type of relationship. I think having a balance where both of you are investing equal amounts of time and energy and love and attention into that relationship is really important.” 1/24/2019
The Center - “I think reciprocity is a very important part of a friendship or, in fact, any type of relationship. I think having a balance where both of you are investing equal amounts of time and energy and love and attention into that relationship is really important.” 1/24/2019Helen Pluckrose Joins Erich Prince to Tell Areo’s Story
The Center - “…Areo is bipartisan; it doesn’t take a side. I personally find that I agree with about 25% of the pieces I put out. The other 75%, I think they’re good, but I’m not convinced by their arguments ultimately.” 1/22/2019
The Center - “…Areo is bipartisan; it doesn’t take a side. I personally find that I agree with about 25% of the pieces I put out. The other 75%, I think they’re good, but I’m not convinced by their arguments ultimately.” 1/22/2019Prof. Randy Barnett Joins Erich Prince to Discuss “Con Law”
The Right - “You can’t take politics out of the judicial process because judges are human.” 1/19/2019
The Right - “You can’t take politics out of the judicial process because judges are human.” 1/19/2019