After Years of Friction, Turkey Is Trying to Mend Fences with Syria
Erdogan’s latest reversal of course.
September 16, 2022
The War in Ukraine Demonstrates the Necessity of American Power Rather Than the Potential for European Unity
What Germany’s foremost philosopher doesn’t understand.
During the past year, Jürgen Habermas—sometimes considered Germany’s leading political philosopher, and the only surviving member of the influential “Frankfurt school” of leftist thinkers—has come out as a vocal supporter of the Ukrainian cause. To Habermas, the war symbolizes a great moment for the European Union’s project. Nevertheless, writes Wayne Hsieh, the philosopher
September 16, 2022
Mahmoud Abbas May Have Chosen to End His Career in Violence
His attempt to blackmail Israel and the U.S. could backfire.
The War in Ukraine Demonstrates the Necessity of American Power Rather Than the Potential for European Unity
What Germany’s foremost philosopher doesn’t understand.
The British Museum Tries, and Fails, to Recast Paganism as Female Empowerment
“In view of the sex-soaked Egyptian phallocracy, no wonder monotheistic women shook their timbrels in celebration when they left.”
A Rare Coin from 1st-Century Judea Found in the U.S.
Plundered, taken West, and located.