Parallel societies are not the problem conservatives think they are, and dispersal may make everything worse. It is the classic chicken-and-egg question, except the usual conservative answer gets the order exactly backwards. The standard script for most conservatives goes like this: mass immigration from incompatible regions…
The genocide in Gaza and the ethnic cleansing in Lebanon have exhausted the moral legitimacy of the West. Now Iran is slowly undermining the military supremacy of the West. On the one hand, an official Western narrative paints a picture of a brave, besieged ‘Jewish’ state of…
What Technocrats can’t understand is that people are not machines. When the populace rises up to stop them, Technocrats will be shocked, since they thought everyone would cheer them for helping humanity. It never occurred to them that anyone would have another view. This mechanistic, narcissistic worldview hasn’t…
Britain’s cultural voice and its sovereign borders, once the proud expressions of a seafaring island nation, now pass, in some measure, through the hands of Indians. Two years ago, I was hired by the British Council to teach English in Saigon, Vietnam. Here was a royal-chartered…
Army sought statement denouncing incident as contrary to Jewish law amid backlash, report says. Israel’s Chief Rabbinate has declined to condemn the smashing of a statue of Jesus by a soldier in southern Lebanon earlier this month, according to Army…
Laws aimed at pro-Palestine protests should always be looked at as efforts to ban criticism of Israel. That’s what we’re seeing in the UK as the prime minister encourages the prosecution of anyone who says “globalise the intifada”. “If you stand alongside people who say globalise the…
The billionaire class waged a war on behalf of a foreign government and sent you the bill. Your MAGA hat is not going to cover it. You worked for fifty years. You got up before dawn in a steel plant, a warehouse, a factory floor, a job…
Why Louisiana Republicans Should End Bill Cassidy’s Senate Career on May 16. Two weeks from now, on May 16, 2026, Louisiana Republicans will vote in a closed primary that has become the single most consequential intra-party election of the second Trump term. Senator Bill Cassidy, who has…
“I am not Epstein’s victim. Epstein did not introduce me to Donald Trump.” First Lady Melania Trump’s words rang out during her April 9 remarks as she finally broke her silence regarding her knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s activities. Mrs. Trump accused certain individuals of lying and being “devoid…
Talk about an entrance pregnant with meaning. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi engaged on a high-stakes diplomacy tour to Islamabad, Muscat and St. Petersburg aboard flight “Minab 168” on Meraj Airlines. In memory, of course, of the 168 schoolgirls from Minab killed by the Empire of…
