Israel’s Fight to Survive Needs No Defense
The only argument that matters is the one made in the skies and on the battlefield.
September 11, 2025
A personal reminiscence.
The sort of social fraying that McClay describes has gotten much worse in the past decade, and the murder of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk yesterday is a symptom of that fraying. Kirk, moreover, believed in just the sort of ideals, once shared by both political parties, that are increasingly in decline on either side of the aisle. Reminiscing about a profile of Kirk he composed in 2018, Adam Rubenstein writes:
The only argument that matters is the one made in the skies and on the battlefield.
Gaza’s ruler from afar.
As our civic health declines, so does our collective memory.
A personal reminiscence.
The amazing life of Doña Gracia Nasi.
The sort of social fraying that McClay describes has gotten much worse in the past decade, and the murder of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk yesterday is a symptom of that fraying. Kirk, moreover, believed in just the sort of ideals, once shared by both political parties, that are increasingly in decline on either side of the aisle. Reminiscing about a profile of Kirk he composed in 2018, Adam Rubenstein writes:
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