There’s a moment that happens sometimes in history where two separate fires that everyone assumed were contained finally touch, and instead of two fires you have one fire, bigger than either one alone, burning in a direction nobody fully controls. That moment happened this weekend. Ukraine struck an Iranian vessel in the Caspian Sea, aContinue reading “The Wars Have Merged, And Now We Have To Choose What Happens Next”
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My Red Line: The United States Should Not Be Threatening Israel With Bombs, and I Don’t Care Who That Makes Me Sound Like
I want to be upfront about something before I get into this, which is that I did not expect to be writing a post defending Israel from the United States, of all configurations, and I am writing it anyway, because what I am seeing happen right now bothers me enough that I am willing toContinue reading “My Red Line: The United States Should Not Be Threatening Israel With Bombs, and I Don’t Care Who That Makes Me Sound Like”
The Strait of Hormuz Cannot Stop Opening and Closing, and Neither Can the War It Sits Inside
If you have spent the last several months trying to track whether the Strait of Hormuz is open or closed, you are not confused because you are bad at following news, you are confused because the situation itself has been built, almost mechanically, to resist a stable answer. It opens, it closes, it opens aContinue reading “The Strait of Hormuz Cannot Stop Opening and Closing, and Neither Can the War It Sits Inside”
Walking Out on Netanyahu: Why Shunning is Not Radical Empathy
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rose to speak before the United Nations General Assembly in September 2025, many delegates responded by standing up and walking out. The gesture was meant to be symbolicâa protest against Israelâs ongoing war on Gaza, widely described by human rights organizations as genocidal in nature. The walkout was coveredContinue reading “Walking Out on Netanyahu: Why Shunning is Not Radical Empathy”
Trump the War Dove Hawk: Schrödingerâs Nobel Peace Candidate
So, Trump is doing it again. The man who swore he’d keep us out of wars is not only staying in Ukraine, he’s doubling downâarming them through NATO and threatening Russia with tariffs like itâs 2018 all over again. This from the guy who practically campaigned in a tie-dye shirt singing âGive Peace a Chance.âContinue reading “Trump the War Dove Hawk: Schrödingerâs Nobel Peace Candidate”