Is it antisemitic for Wikipedia to systematically out Jews? From Hitler’s Nuremberg Race Laws, which defined “Jewishness” as a race rather than a religion, to the rise of modern far-right antisemites like Nick Fuentes, an obsession with Jewish identity is... See more
Foreign-policy commentators on the Iran debacle have been invoking Colin Powell’s so-called Pottery Barn rule—“You break it, you own it.” As Powell warned George W. Bush on the eve of the Iraq War, “You are going to be the proud owner of 25 million people... See more
The campaign for a tax on billionaire wealth is heating up. An early test will be the California ballot initiative for a one-time tax of 5 percent on California residents with assets in excess of a billion dollars. If proponents can collect the requisite ... See more
Trump has now ordered the assembly of a massive armada in the waters off Iran. But what might he order these mighty forces to do? Trump’s geopolitical goals are ambiguous and keep changing by the day. Does he want Iran to end its nuclear enrichment and mi... See more
This morning, as long anticipated by oral arguments, the Supreme Court struck down Trump’s bogus use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, or IEEPA, to justify his crazy quilt of tantrum tariffs. Writing for a 6-3 majority, Chief Justice Joh... See more
