Garfield Ridge has a nice recap of the whole thing. I agree with him entirely that I was at my weakest with my opening statistical barrage. But, in my defense, the reason I had that in there was that Beinart normally opens with a long list of stats about how backward the Red States are and I thought I would come prepared. Beinart didn’t do that this time, so my brilliant parry ended up looking like a swipe in the air. That round went to Beinart. Otherwise, I think it all went fine. Some people like the fact that Beinart and I get along well. Others are disappointed there aren’t a lot more “Jane, you ignorant slut” moments. Anyway, we were delighted to do it and I encourage every college in the country to have us out to do likewise.