How the Conflict with Hamas Relates to Israel’s Struggle with Iran
The war between the wars goes on.
May 20, 2021
There’s No War on Religion—Yet
Why are so many people angry at a Catholic journalist for writing about having children?
Last week, the social-media outrage of the moment focused on Elizabeth Bruenig, a left-wing and devoutly Catholic New York Times columnist who wrote an article discussing her satisfaction with her own decision to have a child at the relatively young age of twenty-five. Examining the angry reaction at Bruenig’s benign personal essay, Ross Douthat reflects on what it says about the growing suspicion—and sometimes outright hostility—toward religion among certain segments of the highly educated elite:
May 20, 2021
Israel Has a Powerful Army and a Resilient People. But Unless It Seizes Control of Its Destiny, the Next Round of Fighting Will Be Worse
Tactical superiority doesn’t make up for the lack of a strategy.
The U.S. Need Not Choose between Fighting Terrorism and Countering the Threats from Russia and China
The two goals are complementary.
There’s No War on Religion—Yet
Why are so many people angry at a Catholic journalist for writing about having children?
Isaac Bashevis Singer’s Lost Prayer
“There is only one joy: to increase and not to lessen the world’s joy.”