The Dangers of a Deal with Iran
The Islamic Republic would be emboldened and Israel’s hands would be tied.
May 11, 2026
“So damn goyishe.”
Few American artists have made so significant a mark on popular culture as the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who received his first major break on Broadway writing the lyrics for West Side Story. Bruce Bawer reviews a new biography by Daniel Okrent:
The Islamic Republic would be emboldened and Israel’s hands would be tied.
And why it might backfire.
Sanctions and legal measures are available, if the West will use them.
A Protestant’s intra-Christian polemic.
“So damn goyishe.”
Few American artists have made so significant a mark on popular culture as the composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, who received his first major break on Broadway writing the lyrics for West Side Story. Bruce Bawer reviews a new biography by Daniel Okrent:
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