Illustration is “Treacherous Attack by Saracens–Chroniques de France ou de Saint Denis Royal” courtesy of Wikipedia Commons. The candidacy of Zohran Mamdani is an affront to the memory of every […]
Moral panic, anyone? Back in the 1950s, Americans convinced themselves that comic books were subverting our nation’s youth. The Seduction of the Innocent, proclaimed a famed psychologist cited in Brown […]
This speech was delivered at the Conference of Speakers of European Union Parliaments on 12 May 2025, Budapest. Good morning. Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I warmly and cordially welcome […]
In a different world, “Free Palestine” might have been a noble rallying cry—a call for peace, justice, and human dignity for all people in the region. But we don’t live […]
“The best time of our lives is when our country calls upon us” [Ora me e bukur, eshte ora kur te th’rret atdheu] is Sali Berisha’s most famous and inspiring […]
Review by Paula Weiss Image by Freepik We are not meat Legos I have been out-dystopianed. I was prepared to read a conventional screed against the impact of second-wave feminism […]
Review by Paula Weiss We’re not out of the woods yet, but we never are. When Donald Trump was re-elected in November, I was reading this book, and wondering whether […]
Having been ill over the Christmas period my regular readers have experienced a bit of a gap in my articles here, for which I apologise. Four or five days can […]
A friend today recalled a series of reflections I first posted on a social media platform a few years ago, around the time that statues were being pulled down by […]
The full text of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly, September 27, 2024, as provided by the Prime Minister’s Office. “Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen, […]