Midterm Grades

Episode #66

Bill and Phil grade Biden’s foreign policy, discuss why bipartisanship is dying in the Senate, contemplate what a shortage of clowns in Northern Ireland suggests about how Brexit is going, and ponder the future of religious exemptions in U.S. law.

Links related to this week’s episode:

• “Is Biden’s Foreign Policy Failing?” by Stephen Walt in Foreign Policy

• “Why Bipartisanship In The Senate Is Dying” by Lee Drutman in FiveThirtyEight

• “What’s Wrong With Kyrsten Sinema?” by Michelle Goldberg in The New York Times

• “Clown shortage: Appeal for new recruits in Northern Ireland” from The BBC

• “Opinion: If they’re going to keep passing religious laws, we’re going to need exemptions” by Kate Cohen in The Washington Post

• “Judging 'sincerely held' religious belief is tricky for employers mandating vaccines” from NPR

• “How the Satanic Temple Could Bring Abortion Rights to the Supreme Court” by David S. Cohen in Rolling Stone

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