The Return of the Black Flags
The conditions that first produced ISIS have been left to fester as part of a wider malign neglect toward the Muslim Middle East in the aftermath of the Iraq war.
The conditions that first produced ISIS have been left to fester as part of a wider malign neglect toward the Muslim Middle East in the aftermath of the Iraq war.
Iona Italia talks to artist Megan Gafford about how we have come to value statement-making over beauty and craftsmanship in art and architecture.
Students should study extensively the presidential rhetoric of earlier times, because it often demonstrates civility far better than the rhetoric of the present.
Russia, Iran, and the failure of US resolve.
The events of 7 October did not benefit Palestinians in any way.
In that moment, time stood still. There was no context, no history, no argument, no discourse. There was only pain.
The war that Hamas launched on 7 October 2023 has devolved into a regional conflict with wide and possibly calamitous international repercussions.
Jonathan Kay speaks with Bard College historian Sean McMeekin about his new book, To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism.
Steve Albini and the new problem with music.
Even by Canadian standards, the province has become a hostile environment for women seeking to advocate for their sex-based rights.
A tenured scholar has paid a high price for bluntly expressing uncomfortable truths.
Only robust deterrence from Washington can thwart China’s designs in the South China Sea.
The decapitation of Lebanese Hezbollah is a cause for celebration well beyond the borders of Israel.