The U.S. Should Use Iran’s Collapsing Economy to Win the War
The people can rise up by staying home from work.
August 12, 2026
The Church of England Has a Jewish Problem Once More
Which faiths will King Charles defend?
Since the 16th century, the title “defender of the faith”—first accorded by the pope—has been attached to English monarchs. While Charles III is no exception, he recently clarified that he sees his role as protecting “the space for faith within the multi-faith nation,” along with serving as titular head of the Church of England. Howard Jacobson, while steering clear of the implications for that church’s believers, comments:
August 12, 2026
The New Middle Eastern Alliance Is the Latest in a Long Line of Purely Symbolic Coalitions
Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan, and the theater of mutual defense.
The Church of England Has a Jewish Problem Once More
Which faiths will King Charles defend?
A Classic Yiddish Holocaust Memoir That Shouldn’t Be Ignored
Rachmil Bryks’s May God Avenge Their Blood.
Praying While Dying of Pancreatic Cancer
A conversation about faith, mortality, higher education, and America.