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LAST CHANCE FOR HOLIDAY DISCOUNT

A surreal encounter with Jimmy Carter

2024: The end of the End of History

If everyone’s a publisher, do we still need professional journalists?

A Christmas Tale

Netanyahu wants a forever-war

Happy Christmas and Merry Hanukkah!

It's time for an Axis of Reason

The ICC’s Israel Arrest Warrants have Backfired

America’s healthcare problem is not greedy insurers but a stupid system

Why a Gaza hostage deal may be imminent

A crazy end to 2024

Assad's fall: The awesome power of unintended consequences

Is it conceivable that Assad would be less horrible than jihadist rebels?

Massive unprecedented pushback for Putin's election meddling, from Romania

A storm brews in the South China Sea

A pro-Putin, anti-Western storm makes landfall in Romania

A surreal encounter with Ion Iliescu

Netanyahu is right to end the war in Lebanon — and Gaza should follow

BLACK FRIDAY MADNESS: Give someone dear the gift of independent journalism!

Do the voters know that Trump’s policies would drive inflation?

BUCHAREST DISPATCH: Romania votes amid concerns about appeasing Russia

CHRIS STEPHEN: Netanyahu Arrest Warrant Puts International Court on Collision Course with Trump

The end may be imminent in Israel’s war in Lebanon

This holiday season, give someone dear the gift of independent journalism

Netanyahu is messing with everyone

Bangers and cash

How Trump 2.0 might change US foreign policy

Will Trump abandon Ukraine?

The Americans seem unhappy

The End of America's Well-Intentioned Empire?

Trump’s reelection is a calamity. But it might be useful in the Middle East.

Last thoughts on the US election

Outdated and destructive, the Electoral College makes America a joke

The parallel realities mind virus

My small demographic group could decide the US election

Jill Stein is bigly helping Trump

Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail

Democracy Dies in Cowardice

Qatar should force Hamas to stand down

CHRIS STEPHEN: Gaza May Tear the ICC Apart

Special offer for the 2024 US election

Israel’s calculated response in Iran was a signal, not an escalation

After the US election, Pax Americana?

A surreal encounter with Pete Rose

A Trump vs. Harris primer

Sinwar’s death is a chance for Israel to declare victory and pivot in Gaza

A surreal encounter with Leonard Bernstein

Fix Lebanon, or rethink it

The madness of sports fanhood

Must atonement yield forgiveness?

CHRIS STEPHEN: The War Crimes Industry Goes Corporate

A grim anniversary — and a better way forward

Annus Horribilis

A war of narratives

Another line in the sand is crossed

"Escalation"? It's time the “axis of resistance” was schooled

A September to remember

The world is far better off without Hassan Nasrallah

Shah’s son says regime change possible, offers vision of Iran as West’s ally

Why Lebanon is different from the Palestinian issue

Time to think endgame in Ukraine

The great exploding comms device caper

It's the personality, stupid!

License plates trace history of world in chaos

The curious case of fake diversity

Let the global media into Gaza

Could Jordan become another Middle East flashpoint?

Time to get serious about the crimes of Iran

LABOR DAY DISCOUNT

The murder of Israel's hostages may be a pivot point

60 Senate seats

The West Bank is the next feared flashpoint

Harris has it both ways on the Middle East

A meditation on mendacity

The global order is at stake in November

The first woman US president? It matters

SPECIAL OFFER FOR THE IDES OF AUGUST

Seeds of Mideast disaster were sown 71 years ago by the CIA

Regional Middle East war – or de-escalation?

A conversation with Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Netanyahu Is Paying in Others' Blood to Buy Himself More Time

Harris should field a team, not a duo

The Dems need a more muscular approach abroad

The torment of a lapsed NeverTrumper

NATO, we have a problem: Turkey

Ismail Haniyeh killing a big gamble — but one that could spark an endgame

Hezbollah is the world’s problem, not Israel's alone

Biden's Supreme Court Reforms Are Absolutely Correct

Is Netanyahu really trying to scuttle his own proposal for a hostage deal?

Is true art dead in the world of algorithms and AI?

Netanyahu's speech to Congress, analyzed and rebutted

On balance, better a contest than a coronation

On Israel, Biden will be remembered as the last of a generation

America on the brink

No one is indigenous

JD Vance is a huge fan of Israel’s Yoram Hazony

Information wants to be expensive

Israel is self-destructing

Europe’s Jews fear the left most

America's allies are terrified of a Trump 2.0

Much ado about not doing much

Israel's impossible choice

Throwing the bums out

Prediction: Biden will pull out of the race

Biden Is Not Irreplaceable.

Progressives are today’s Robespierres

Five key questions, as Gaza ceasefire talks continue and Israel protests rage

A glimmer of hope for humans in journalism

Avoiding World War III

Time to cut losses?

Should we tax AI?

In India, the EU and more, voters are in an ornery state

Hostage rescue doesn’t change tough strategic equation

All eyes on Hamas

Progress (of a sort) comes to South Africa

A decent proposal

Tragic mistakes and tipping points

Why is Labour way ahead in Britain? The US Democrats may want to inquire

Should Ukraine sue for peace?

A Flawed and Foolish Gambit by the ICC

How an ICC arrest warrant against Netanyahu could backfire

The speech a decent Israeli prime minister would deliver

How Eurovision explains Trump

US pause on weapons to Israel is just a signal. So is Israel’s Rafah incursion

Are the youth out of control—or the old out of touch?

How to shoot yourself in the foot in one easy step

Tales from a philosemitic land

A tale of two scribblers

Lessons of Saigon: Beware the Idee Fixe

So, is it antisemitism?

Despite widespread Bregret, no Breturn expected soon

From bondage to freedom: Time to end the war

Is the last “Larry David Moment” the end of humor?

Pivotal moment on Iran – but also on Gaza

The news media has helped normalize Hamas

Ten points to consider after six months of war

AI's Next Terrifying Leap: Verification

Protestors to the left of me, politicians to the right

April Fool’s Year

Biden says to Bibi: Cry "Uncle Joe"

Hamas wants Palestinians to be killed

Potemkin suffrage: The media should call out fake elections

The US says Israel should dump Bibi. That's kind of amazing.

The Tyranny of the Early Riser

Beware the Ides of March

History hands Navalny’s widow a leading role

In helpful move, UN experts confirm Oct. 7 sexual violence

Massive kerfuffle coming in Israel

Biden's in trouble - here's a possible solution

Is Israel Breaking the Law in the West Bank?

A heated debate with Jonathan Pollard

A way out of the Gaza disaster

Navalny’s murder clarifies the Putin problem

The Arab world has much to gain from peace

The Truth about the Gaza report from the Committee to Protect Journalists

How on Earth can Trump be viable?

Where’s the Arab pressure on Hamas to surrender?

Is it curtains for the office?

Israel should offer terms for ending the war now

Journalism's winter of discontent

The strange thing about UNRWA (and the Red Cross)

Handing Trump a gift on immigration

The Straight Story on the Genocide Ruling at The Hague

Israel should engage the US peace proposal

DeSantis exit just might help Make America Normal Again

Davos Diary: Surreal encounters in the snow

The last American colony

Tolerating the Houthis’ Red Sea mischief is madness

Strange Days Have Found Us

Spurious but Serious: the Genocide Charge Against Israel

Qatar finally makes itself useful

Israel is Being Hauled before “The Hague.” Is it Serious?

Seeking a better path to social justice

Israel’s court slams door on "judicial reform"