This week on newyorker.com, Richard Brody forecast which films are likely to win Oscar’s favor. Now, join Brody and our Culture Editor, Michael Agger to watch the ceremony and discuss it live: http://nyr.kr/WfLwIn

This week on newyorker.com, Richard Brody forecast which films are likely to win Oscar’s favor. On Sunday evening, he’ll discuss the show and the scene in a live chat with our Culture Editor, Michael Agger. Follow this link to leave a comment or ask a question about the awards, and come back on Sunday, at 7:30 P.M. E.T., to watch the ceremony with Richard and Michael: http://nyr.kr/WfLwIn

Years of secrecy surrounding the United States’ drone program have left many questions—about targeted killings, transparency and due process; the power of President; and where battlefields begin and end.
 
Today at 3 P.M. E.T., Michael Walzer, the author of “Just and Unjust Wars” and professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton; Jeff McMahan, a professor of philosophy at Rutgers and the author of “The Ethics of Killing”; and New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer will discuss the ethics of drone warfare in a live chat with readers. 

Follow the link to help get the exchange started by leaving questions in the comments section, and be sure to return at 3:00 for the discussion: http://nyr.kr/WJNjcj

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President Obama will deliver this year’s State of the Union address at 9 P.M. E.T. tonight. Starting at 8:45 P.M., Rebecca Mead, Hendrik Hertzberg, and Alex Koppelman will discuss the scene, the speech, and the rebuttal in a live chat with readers. Join us!

And what questions do you have about the State of the Union? Let us know by commenting on our page, and we’ll discuss as many as we can during the chat: http://nyr.kr/VPXU6S

At 2 P.M. E.T., Amy Davidson, John Cassidy, and Nicholas Thompson will be hosting a Google+ Hangout about the election. Join us at two as we discuss Obama’s victory, what to expect from his second term, the changes in Congress, the gay-marriage votes, and much more.

Click-through to join Michael Specter in a live chat as he takes readers’ questions on genetically modified mosquitoes and the dengue virus, which he writes about in this week’s issue.  

For more from Michael Specter on this topic, read his post “Mosquitoes and Nimbyism”. 

In February, Raffi Khatchadourian wrote about Dallas Wiens, the first person in the United States to receive a full face transplant. Today at 1 P.M. E.T., Wiens will join Khatchadourian to answer readers’ questions in a live chat.  Click-through to re-read Khatchadourian’s article, and join the discussion! 

In this week’s issue, Sasha Frere-Jones writes about Lana Del Rey and her new album, “Born to Die.” Today at 3 P.M. E.T. Frere-Jones will answer readers’ questions about the pop artist in a live chat on newyorker.com: http://nyr.kr/ydEt5I

Join us!

This week in the magazine, Ryan Lizza writes about Darrell Issa, the congressman about to make life more difficult for President Obama, who has had some troubles of his own. Join Ryan for a live chat about the new Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at 3 PM ET, or leave a question for him now.