Debate: Should the U.S. Ban TikTok?
by Isaac Grafstein at The Free Press: What, if anything, should we do about TikTok? Is the forced sale of the fastest-growing social media platform in the world a commonsense
Seymour Hersh: How the Pentagon Engineered a Fake War to Prevent a Real One
JIM W. DEAN intro at The Intel Drop: I had been hoping to see Sy Hersh digging into what the back story was on the Iran retaliation attack after the
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The Unfinished Business of Kennedy’s Vision for World Peace
Philip A. Goduti, Jr. in The Conversation: Less than a week after her husband’s assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, Jackie Kennedy granted an interview with esteemed political writer
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Americans Have a Long History of Worrying About Declinism
By Joseph S. Nye Jr. at Time: As election year politics heat up, Donald Trump proclaims that he can “Make America Great Again” and Joe Biden promises a brighter future,
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A New Forein Policy Era Dawns
William Kristol and Andrew Egger at The Bulwark: All around us, there are indications—I’m tempted, in honor of Passover next week, to call them signs and portents—of a new era.
An AI Deal as a Diplomatic Weapon
A relatively small deal — by Microsoft’s standards, anyway — is leading to big geopolitical ripples this morning. The tech giant is investing $1.5 billion in G42, an Emirati artificial
War: An Opportunity for Spending?
Liz Wolfe at Reason: Republicans confirmed yesterday that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R–La.) plans to attempt to pass four separate bills to provide funding to Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan and to address
The New World (Dis)order
Irshad Salim, Karachi: Back in the summer of 2020, I drew an illustration on a bipolar new world order amid disorder, and shared with few observers, analysts for their views.
The Case For Multiparty Democracy
by Jerry Cayford: It’s a book about how our political system fell into this downward spiral—a doom loop of toxic politics. It’s a story that requires thinking big—about the nature
It was Like ‘The Twilight Zone,’ But With O.J., it Was All Too Real
Rick Cleveland at Mississippi Today: No telling how many times this sports writer has made the drive back from Oxford to Jackson following some sports event. Hundreds of times for
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The Fire-Breather Tucker Carlson and His Alma Mater St. George’s
By Jack Sullivan at Air Mail: Like all speakers of truth, Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson has, at times, faced ridicule. Mostly the derision has been hurled by his enemies, but
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Governing the Ungovernable
Jess Bidgood at The New York Times: When members of Congress return to Washington from their home districts, they often trudge to Capitol Hill for a tally known as a