December 4, 2023

Trinity Times: Munk Debates: Liberalism in Crisis

The West’s Dominating Political Ideology — Genius or Obsolete?

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June 28, 2023

The Hub: AI poses an existential threat, according to Munk Debates crowd, although a few were persuaded otherwise

With a resolution titled, 'Be it resolved, AI research and development poses an existential threat', only 3 percent of the Munk Debate audience changed their opinions by the end of the debate.

December 1, 2022

The Hill Times: Trust in mainstream media loses out at semi-annual Munk Debate

Canadians' faith in the mainstream media is not as bad as it is in other countries, but it is still declining.

December 1, 2022

National Review: Matt Taibbi, Douglas Murray Dominate Trust-in-Media Debate

Conservative commentator Douglas Murray and veteran reporter Matt Taibbi soundly defeated their opponents in a Wednesday evening debate on the question of whether to trust the mainstream media, convincing a significant segment of the audience to abandon their faith in an institution they say is hopelessly compromised by bias.

December 5, 2019

National Post: Capitalism is dead, Munk debate hears. Long live more capitalism, audience decides

Former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis argued that that capitalism is beyond fixing, but failed to persuade a majority of the audience at a Munk debate

May 30, 2019

CBC: The Munk Debates: Is China a threat or an ally?

H.R. McMaster and Michael Pillsbury compete for audience votes against Kishore Mahbubani and Huiyao Wang

November 4, 2018

The Atlantic: The Real Lesson of My Debate With Steve Bannon

I argued against the false promise of what Trump's former strategist bills as populism. Then events took a strange turn.

May 17, 2018

CBC: Why Stephen Fry is arguing against political correctness, with Jordan Peterson

Culture war 'deeper and weirder and odder' than ever, says award-winning performer

April 26, 2017

The Globe and Mail: Goodbye to all that: Is the international order as we know it over?

The Globe and Mail's Joanna Slater talked to the two speakers set to clash over the topic: historian Niall Ferguson and international-affairs expert Fareed Zakaria

Trinity Times: Munk Debates: Liberalism in Crisis

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Latest articles

The Hub: AI poses an existential threat, according to Munk Debates crowd, although a few were persuaded otherwise

The Hill Times: Trust in mainstream media loses out at semi-annual Munk Debate

National Review: Matt Taibbi, Douglas Murray Dominate Trust-in-Media Debate

National Post: Capitalism is dead, Munk debate hears. Long live more capitalism, audience decides

CBC: The Munk Debates: Is China a threat or an ally?

The Atlantic: The Real Lesson of My Debate With Steve Bannon

CBC: Why Stephen Fry is arguing against political correctness, with Jordan Peterson

The Globe and Mail: Goodbye to all that: Is the international order as we know it over?

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