The Question Isn’t Why the U.S. Attacked Iran, but Why It Hasn’t Done So Sooner
Hysterical amnesia.
March 5, 2026
Michael Chabon’s Escapism Becomes Opera
When someone is trying to kill you, bullets are all that matter.
Published in 2000, Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay is based loosely on the story of Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster—the young American Jews who created Superman—melded into a story about the Holocaust and about American Jewry. It has now been turned into an opera scored by Mason Bates with a libretto by Gene Scheer. Adam Kirsch writes in his review:
March 5, 2026
Iran Makes Its Last Stand
For now, its strategy of lashing out isn’t working.
Palestinian Leaders React to the Iran War
Hamas stands with Iran, Mahmoud Abbas with Jordan.
Michael Chabon’s Escapism Becomes Opera
When someone is trying to kill you, bullets are all that matter.
A Different View of Medieval Jewish Rationalism
Maimonides, Yehuda Halevi, and Andalusian philosophical mysticism.