Synopsis

The gathering included comedian and author Sarah Silverman, novelist Salman Rushdie, business news anchor Alexis Glick, journalist David Frum, and historian Alan Brinkley. Conversation drifted across a range of weighty subjects: the 2010 car bomb attempt in Times Square; the experiences of Muslim Americans in the contemporary climate; the complexities of immigration policy; the environmental devastation wrought by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill; the persistent challenge of climate change denial; a