The War with Hamas Is Presenting Egypt with New Problems
Israel will soon start destroying the tunnels connecting it to Gaza.
December 29, 2023
A Lapsed Atheist Confronts the Perils of a Post-Post-Christian Era
Religion isn’t a weapon in anybody’s culture war.
The novelist and essayist Paul Kingsnorth three years ago forsook the irreligion in which he was raised and was baptized into the Romanian Orthodox Church. In this essay, he reflects on this transformation, and argues that it might be part of a global collapse of secularism. He begins by explaining the assumptions of his youth:
December 29, 2023
Only a Tough American Response Will Stop Iran’s War on Global Commerce
Tehran must pay a price for Red Sea piracy.
For Israelis, Children Represent Survival
A Lapsed Atheist Confronts the Perils of a Post-Post-Christian Era
Religion isn’t a weapon in anybody’s culture war.
A Medieval Aramaic Hanukkah Ballad
The Scroll of Antiochus in its many forms.