John Spencer, the chair of urban warfare studies at the Modern War Institute (MWI) at West Point, introduces a welcome sanity into the discussions of the Gaza War. It’s a sanity lacking from the latest pronouncements of the Administration and…
Between Mark Bowden’s outstanding book Black Hawk Down and director Ridley Scott’s spectacular film of the same name, most Americans have at least a passing familiarity with the “Battle of Mogadishu,” Oct. 3–4, 1993, a battle in which 18 American troops…
For the White House, the war in Gaza has two fronts: the crumbling ceasefire negotiations in the Middle East, and the political threat from progressives at home. The Biden team has shown significant frustration in its dealings with Israel. Israeli…
I just published a review of how a month-long medical overload of doctor appointments, diagnostic exams, and procedures disrupted my February and half my January. As a result, there were some 20 infuriating news items, including thoughts on Israel and Gaza,…
On Monday, a J Street and Democrat party operative posted a piece at her Substack. I am choosing not to name her or to link to the piece because I don’t want even more people to read it. The piece…
The old Sam Cooke R&B hit from 1960, Wonderful World, opens with the memorable lyric, “Don’t know much about history/Don’t know much biology.” Then it goes on to reassure listeners in the chorus that, despite such ignorance, the simple embrace…
Presidential historian Armitage Goodwin is the visiting associate teaching assistant at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson Center for Harmonious Race Relations. Here he explains his recent voting in the prestigious Presidential Greatness Project Expert Survey. As a participant in the clunkily…
Today’s primary in Michigan offers us a potential forecast for November. Rashida Tlaib, the congresswoman representing a heavily Muslim and more heavily Democrat district, encourages those in her party to vote “uncommitted” in protest over the Biden administration’s support for…
At last, the news we were waiting for! The headline in the Washington Post reads: “White House reverses West Bank policy, calling Israeli settlements illegal.” Like the border, like inflation, like Russia, when President Joe Biden entered office in 2021,…
