Should Iran Be Contained, or Defeated?
The perils of bad historical analogies.
June 26, 2025
Why the President Didn’t Need Congress’s Permission to Attack Iran
The Constitution, international law, and the twelve-day war.
When American B-2s began bombing Iranian nuclear facilities, ferocious criticism immediately bubbled up from both the left and the right. Much of it was offered in bad faith; more was illogical or incoherent. One possible exception, made even by good-faith critics, was the claim the Constitution prohibits the president from waging war without authorization from Congress. Orde Kittrie explains why this argument still doesn’t pass muster. First, it has precedent in the actions of the past four presidencies:
June 26, 2025
Why the President Didn’t Need Congress’s Permission to Attack Iran
The Constitution, international law, and the twelve-day war.
Zohran Mamdani Makes the Case for Zionism
Hatred for Israel helped his campaign.
How Tel Aviv Became Home to One of World’s Greatest Collections of Modern Art
“A new Hebrew city should exhibit new Hebrew art.”
An Outbreak of Austrian Anti-Semitism Helped to Create the First “Modern” Rabbi
Israel Isserlein and the beginning of the aharonim.