Sitemap - 2025 - Ask Questions Later

Trump's playing with fire at the Fed

Jerusalem Honors Armenian Photographer, Bridging Shared Histories

Middle East Update - July 8, 2025

The capitalist case against extreme inequality

Time to end the Gaza war

How the East was lost

The AI paradox: Master it - but don't use it?

America doesn’t need a king

Hands off, Trump: Netanyahu’s trial isn’t yours to mess with

What to look forward to in July

Robbing the poor to give to the rich

A surreal encounter with Jimmy Wales

The Mamdani Earthquake

The 12-Day War is (seemingly) over

NATO Must Pivot East — Or Risk Irrelevance

The moment for a strategic realignment in the Middle East

The 30,000-pound message: America’s military edge is absolute

So it was a misdirection

Trump’s two-week window on Iran is, if real, a dangerous mistake

Could the Israel-Iran war lead to regional peace?

Summing up a week that changed things: Inside the Israel–Iran war

Live from Tel Aviv: Will the U.S. Join the Iran War?

The Israel–Iran war of narratives

The Six Day War (So Far)

Trump’s options: The US waits as Israel pounds Iran

Is regime change in Iran actually possible?

A bomb shelter during wartime

With Iran, Israel should also know when to fold 'em

What's next in the Israel-Iran war

Iran's regime must be brought to heel

Why you might not be the hero you think you are

A world order without America?

Middle East Briefing

The US sanctions four ICC judges amid Israel and Afghanistan fallout

A surreal encounter with Gene Simmons

Welcome, new readers!

From Warsaw to Washington: The War on Expertise

Israel and Hamas: Who'll blink first? Maybe neither. Or maybe something else.

The world's most unexpected classic car collection

Droning on: Ukraine stages a spectacular attack on Russia

A surreal encounter with Ricky Martin

Journalism is on Substack now

Poland on the brink

The Six Hundred Day War (and counting)

Livestream: The Places in the World Trump is Furiously Backpeddling

Putin is making Trump look like a chump

Israel is squandering its success in Lebanon

The War on Truth

The Court Without a Case

Romania dodged a bullet

Ending the Tyranny of the Feed

Eurovision again proves interesting

Romanians are deciding whether to burn down their house

ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan steps back amid sexual harassment probe

Trump’s Middle East trip could end the Gaza War

A Great Movie Not Yet Made

It looks like Bibi underestimated Trump

A Surreal Encounter with Sir Galahad the Pure

A Kosovar Warrior Against Radical Islam

Corruption, Crime, and a Mysterious Agency Shutdown

Only Trump Can Stop Israel’s Slide Into a Forever War

The Global Trumpian Disruption - Romania Edition

Know what? Most Advances of Civilization Came from The ‘Elites’

100 Days of Autocracy

Israel at 77: Towering achievements, darkening skies

Amal Clooney Faces Possible Trump Sanctions Over ICC Involvement

Celebrating Our New Voices

Three Elections, Two Wars, One Trump

The Magician’s Secret I Learned at Sixteen

A Vatican Shakedown?

Did Maher Really Get PUNKED By Trump?

Mahmoud Abbas Just Did Something Right

Trump’s Iran Strategy Is a Massive Missed Opportunity

A Few Thoughts About Pope Francis

In Easter greeting, Trump Calls Predecessor a “highly destructive Moron”

For Cannabis Lovers, ‘420’ is the Holy Grail of License Plate Collecting

Big Sellout Coming on Ukraine

The Vexing Dilemma of Aid to Gaza

Israel Demands Hamas Disarmament

Why Authoritarians Attack The News Media

In Praise of Vargas Llosa

Time for a Nuclear Ultimatum on Iran

Respect Your Elders - But Not On Bended Knee

The Witch Hunt Playbook

Dispatch from Romania: "Eyebrow" the Envoy and a Nation on the Brink

A Devastating Global War on Expertise

Trump’s Tariffs Are a Masterclass in Economic Cluelessness

From Waze to Wiz, Google Bets Big on Israeli Tech — Even in the Eye of the Storm

In Qatargate Fiasco, Netanyahu’s ‘Witch Hunt’ Narrative Takes Cues from Trump

A Filipino Story: Duterte’s Fall Gives The Hague a Lifeline

NATO Is a Bargain for the US and a Necessity for the Free World

Turkey’s Cautionary Tale

LAST CHANCE FOR THE APRIL FOOLS DISCOUNT!

Hezbollah Must be Disarmed

The Great University Unravelling

When a journalist is mistakenly given war plans

After Years of Torture, are Palestinians Finally Ready to Rebel Against Hamas?

Messing with Canada is SUCH Bad Karma

The Woman at the Center of the Struggle for Israel’s Soul

WEEKEND UPDATE: TURMOIL IN ISRAEL, GAZA AND LEBANON

Netanyahu fires Shin Bet chief who was investigating him

At Last, A Serious Assault on the Houthis

Why did the Gaza ceasefire collapse? Netanyahu’s survival politics and Trump’s volatility

Trump’s Assault on the Dept. of Education

NO SHAME: Trump and Musk defile a national symbol

Just the Analysis, Ma'am

The Astonishing Economic Illiteracy of the White House

BREAKING: Romania Bans Far-Right Candidate

Beware the Ides of March? 2025 Is Already Off the Rails

Why Catalonia’s Independence Drive Faded

WEEKEND REVIEW: Ukraine, Gaza and Columbia University

A Completely Pointless Tariff War

Talking Trump and Musk with Grok

A Rational Way Forward on Gaza

Europe’s Moment: Time to Grow Up and Step Up

America the Gangster?

A Furious February

Germany’s Election Results Reveal a Nation Still Divided

Navigating the Narrative Minefields

How Not to Negotiate with Putin

Dear Palestinians: Statehood is Not a Right

The Art of The Sellout

BREAKING: ICC Chief Prosecutor Sanctioned by US

Americans Should take Trump’s Little War on The AP Personally

Trump’s Mind-Bending Middle East Gambit: Egging Netanyahu on, from the Right

Both Foolish and Immoral: Tariff Wars and Aid Shutdowns

Would Women be Better Negotiators for Middle East Peace?

The Israel-Palestine Exodus Fantasy

A Surreal Encounter with the Philadelphia Eagles

Trump’s Gaza resettlement: A dangerous fantasy, but undoubtedly a big idea

A Cornucopia for the Mind

Much at Stake: Could Trump, Netanyahu, and MBS Win a Nobel Peace Prize?

A Job for the Arab League: Help Dislodge Hamas

Romanian Democracy on the Brink

The New Autocracy

The Palestinian Authority Should Be Restored to Power in Gaza

Is Britain Falling Apart?

Trump’s First Week: Let Them Eat Cake

Davos Man Has Failed

The Italian Job: How to Dodge Justice and Fly Home in Style

An Astonishing Disgrace in Israel

BOOK REVIEW: 'Surviving Mengele’s Auschwitz' is seminal Holocaust document

Trump Inherits a World on Fire

5 crucial questions on the Gaza ceasefire

Why Are There Dictators?

Why is Netanyahu poised to OK a ceasefire that’s favorable to Hamas?

Facebook is in chaos

CHRIS STEPHEN: Tusk Chooses a Rock over a Hard Place

Israel saved Lebanon

An Example to Megalomaniacs

In the trenches of the Gaza media wars

Reckless predictions for 2025