Stars and Stripes Forever
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Much of the Bible’s most enduring imagery casts God as a shepherd and believers as his flock. In its most generous reading, the metaphor suggests care, guidance, and protection. A good shepherd tends to his sheep so that they “shall…
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It is hard to overstate the whiplash. Donald Trump campaigned as the candidate who would end “endless wars” in the Middle East, only to initiate a direct military confrontation with Iran. Along the way, he warned voters that Kamala Harris…
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Donald Trump’s shifting stance on the Strait of Hormuz is a case study in governing by impulse. After escalating tensions that helped destabilize one of the world’s most critical chokepoints, Donald Trump now suggests that other countries should step in…
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If you really want to understand the American psyche in 2025, you might start with a different dataset entirely: the top-selling items at a major retailer of “adult” products.
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I look at it remotely and remember only the flare in the sky when the bombs exploded in Beirut, the checkpoints or the nights when we slept in the shelter and Monsieur Selim listened to Oum Kalsoum whispering on the radio in the most melancholic way, “Anta Omri”, ‘You’re my Life’, as the shelling happened outside.
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The Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act is built on a premise that refuses to die: that hordes of noncitizens are casting ballots and swinging U.S. elections. This claim has been investigated, litigated, and debunked to exhaustion. Yet here it…
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The lifelong process of writing GOODS & EFFECTS by Al Schnupp
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Abraham Lincoln famously assembled a “team of rivals,” filling his cabinet with some of the most capable—and, at times, contentious—figures in American politics. He understood that strong leadership is not about surrounding oneself with agreement, but with challenge. Debate sharpened…
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It pains me to see the legacy of a newspaper my grandfather helped build — one born from America’s triumph over fascism — threatened by the whims of a president who seems to view criticism as treason.
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There is an uncomfortable irony at the heart of today’s politics: the loudest champions of so-called “Christian nationalism” often claim that Islamic extremism represents everything America must oppose—while echoing many of its underlying impulses. To be clear, there are vast…
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