Imagine this thought exercise. It is October 6, 2018 and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar tells an Italian war reporter—and through her, the Israelis—that...
When Will They Ever Learn?
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“It’s a puzzling election”
Three-quarters of American voters think their country is headed in the wrong direction; half of all voters have unfavorable opinions about the two...
Chasing Moon Shadows in the Middle East
Consider a few recent headlines: “Exploding pagers wreak havoc among Hezbollah”—The Times “Sinwar Says Hamas Ready for ‘Long War of...
Can War Produce Peace?
“Let us not cast blame on the murderers. For eight years, they have been sitting in the refugee camps in Gaza and before their eyes we have been...
Give Peace a Chance?
We have to negotiate for an all-new security system for Europe, taking into account all sides of this problem. Russia does not feel itself to be...
CAN DEMOCRACY TOLERATE INTOLERANCE AND SURVIVE?
In an opinion poll of 19 mostly Western democracies conducted last year, almost half of respondents said they were dissatisfied with how democracy...
Is Uber Really More Valuable than the Planet?
The summer of 2023 might be remembered as the year that people almost everywhere finally began to understand what global warming means: unrelenting...
The Trials of Donald Trump
Imagine a new blockbuster movie in which a former American president, running for re-election, is criminally indicted not once or twice, but four...
Russia: Dead Man Walking?
At the end of June the world witnessed the extraordinary sight of the paramilitary Russian Wagner Group literally marching on Moscow, allegedly not...