I'm Michelle Goldberg.

I'm David Leonhard.

I'm Ross Douthet, and this is the argument.

This week is Universal Pre-K just a liberal pipe dream.

It's been transformative for a lot of families.

And then what is the place of gay priests in the Catholic Church?

And this kind of allowed a culture of don't ask, don't tell?

Not just about sex abuse with children or adolescents,

but also about sex in general with adults.

And finally, a recommendation.

But the ones that I have come to like, I really do read.

I actually look forward to getting them.

Universal Pre-K always tends to show up on progressive policy wishlist.

The challenge of finding reliable, affordable child care is a huge boulder

which firmly between women and a million opportunities out there.

Advocates promise that it will help level the playing field for kids

by making early education more accessible,

which they say would lead to a range of other related effects

that would be really good for society.

But not everyone, including me, is convinced that Universal Pre-K is universally good.

This week we have our colleague, Mara Gay, here to join us.

Mara writes about New York politics for the times.

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