Georgetown University
Jason Brennan is Associate Professor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at Georgetown University's Business School. He's the author of several books, including The Ethics of Voting and Against Democracy.
The presidential election and the Founding Fathers Whatever happens next Tuesday, this year's election won't really be over until the December 19 when the Electoral College will get together. Like it or not, its 538 voters could counteract tens of millions of Democrats and Republicans — as they did when George W. Bush was elected 16 years ago. It's either the wisdom or the folly of the Founding Fathers — one of the compromises in the Constitution. We hear how the Electoral College works and how it could make for real uncertainty in the showdown between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Is Voting Your Heart Immoral and Unethical? Many Democrats are still feeling "The Bern," and there are options to Hillary Clinton: Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson and Green Party candidate Jill Stein. Democrats voting for them would be "voting their conscience," rather than picking Clinton as the lesser of two evils. Is that really as moral a choice as it sounds? Jason Brennan is a philosopher at Georgetown University and author of The Ethics of Voting .
The week that wouldn't quit Will next week get even weirder? (Special one-hour episode)
Who's to blame for the opioid crisis? Some of the lawyers who took on Big Tobacco are now going after Big Pharma. It’s all about the deadly epidemic of opioid use. Are the drug companies to blame? What about the users? Later, on today’s Talking Point: making sense of Britain’s upset election.
President Trump: US to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord Trump says he was elected to serve Pittsburgh, not Paris.
Janesville and the American Dream Janesville, Wisconsin is the hometown of Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan. But he couldn’t prevent the closing of the General Motors factory after 100 years. On this Memorial Day rebroadcast of To the Point, we hear what’s happened to what once was a model of American middle-class unity.