Mark Zuckerberg's Problem Isn't Free Speech, It's Lies | Opinion
The truth is hard to find anywhere, but particularly on social media. Mark Zuckerberg, the leader of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, wants to make it harder.
Let's Establish a New Normal at the Democratic Convention | Opinion
Let's have a normal Democratic National Convention, everyone. Let's have a convention where the voices of the mob outside don't drown out messages of unity and love on the inside.
Donald Trump Is Desperate to Keep 'Doddering Joe' as His Opponent | Opinion
Former President Donald Trump is desperate to become the oldest person elected to the presidency, which is exactly what he would be should he take office again in January.
A Walk With the Ghosts of Jerusalem's Old City
For as long as the Holy Land has been holy, pilgrims have made their way to Jerusalem.
On October 7, Hamas Came for Muslims, Too
Think of the people kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7 and you might see a collage of faces. They are young, old, men with and without beards, women, boys, girls. And whatever passports they hold, they might well be Jewish. What might be less likely is that they are Muslim, Arab, Bedouin.
From Israel to Gaza: A Rare Call Lays Bare Shattered Ties, Deep Suspicions
It sounded like a conversation between two old acquaintances anywhere. How are you? How's the family? But these men were calling out to each other across a vast gulf.
Israel's own religious war is deepening as it fights Hamas
Ultra-Orthodox Jews known as Haredim were defiant after a Supreme Court ruling that they must join the Israel Defense Forces for the first time
Are All Jews Zionists? Are All Zionists Jews?
The encampment on George Washington University's campus was loud and triumphant.
America's Empire Is Still Strong
The United States of America is an empire of might and of influence. There has never been anything like it for scale and global impact, even if history has yet to render its verdict on America's endurance.
TikTok Ban: Hey You Kids! Dance Off My Lawn!
I have had my faith in Congress restored by the bipartisan—yes, I said bipartisan—effort to end TikTok's reign as the primary tool of American idiocracy.
Why the World Hasn't Ended Before Now and What's Changed
The Earth is on an elevator to hell, and someone removed the emergency stop button
Why Did It Take So Long for Vladimir Putin to Kill Alexei Navalny?
President Vladimir Putin couldn't murder opposition leader Alexei Navalny with a bullet behind closed doors in the good-old Soviet way—at least not according to Russia's current constitution.
Vladimir Putin Doesn't Belong in Your Living Room
Russian President Vladimir Putin is apparently looking to reach out to the American public, and to do it directly.
Put the Media Out of Its Misery and End These Sham Primaries
Legacy media keeps getting it wrong. Breathless coverage of a foregone conclusion—the presidential primaries—makes The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR, and everyone else look foolish.
Kissinger Understood a Fundamental Truth: Realpolitik Means Survival
Geopolitics isn't a beauty contest, and the most congenial contestant doesn't come home with the prize.
Finding Gratitude in a World Gone Mad
Thanksgiving is the best holiday on the American calendar. It applies to everyone, there are no presents involved, and even if Black Friday is coming, it hasn't arrived just yet.
'From the River to the Sea': A Call to Genocide Heard in America
Israel and its people are being asked to do something unprecedented in history: commit suicide.
As a Democrat, Biden Could Afford to Ignore RFK Jr. Not Anymore
RFK Jr.'s positions on vaccines (anti) should have disqualified him from cocktail parties and polite society long before he decided to seek the highest office in the strongest country in the world.
Yevgeny Prigozhin: Sweet Revenge, or Another Kremlin Coincidence?
As I write this, we know very little about what happened to the Wagner mercenary group's boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin, but we know a little something about coincidence.
Blaming Progressives for Crime Is the Height of Privilege
Some people in America feel less safe than they used to, even as crime goes down for them. They point to urban areas, where many poor people of color live and are afraid.
It's OK to Shout Fire on a Crowded, Burning, Planet
Your favorite post-apocalyptic movie has already begun, the credits are over and the fight for survival is on.
It's Too Late to Prevent Global Warming, but Maybe We Can Fix It
As more than 8 million people breathed—and saw—the air of New York City last week, climate change went from faraway abstraction to clear and present danger.
Rumors of the Persecution of U.S. Christians Are Greatly Exaggerated
Even as they celebrate their victories in the courts and legislatures across the U.S., Christian extremists cry out, "Will nobody think of the children!?"
Suprise, Surprise: Turkey's Authoritarian Leader Wins Again
Erdogan is an authoritarian—what commentators used to call a "strongman." That there will be a May 28 presidential runoff vote between Erdogan and his chief opponent, Kemal Kilicdaroglu, doesn't change that fact.
Trumpula Lives! The Blood-Sucker-in-Chief Escapes Another Stake
Considering how much Trump likes to be on TV, it's not surprising that the years since his time in office are playing out like a bad vampire movie.
Clarence Thomas and a Republic Without Shame
Republics are like Tinkerbell from Peter Pan: If you don't believe in them, they cease to exist.
Sorry, America, the War in Ukraine Is Our Fight
It's the bloodiest war Europe has seen in nearly 80 years. No one is sure—or honest—about how many people have been killed in Russia's war of choice in Ukraine. Certainly, more than 100,000, probably not 300,000—yet.
Accounting for the Lines We Would Not Cross in Ukraine
The United States is taking new steps—steps it once said it would not take—to help Ukraine in the fight against Russia. Ukraine gets the Patriot anti-missile system and Ukrainian soldiers get a free trip to Oklahoma to train in how to use it.
This is a necessary and inevitable step, but before we take the next one it's important to take into account how we got here—and how far we are willing to go.
Donald Trump Had Dinner With a Bunch of Antisemites, and I Feel Fine
Former President Donald Trump had dinner with antisemites and I'm having trouble getting worked up about it.