Recent articles
April 8, 2026
Anthropic’s Restraint Is a Terrifying Warning Sign
The rapid advance of artificial intelligence is happening now.
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March 31, 2026
My Two-Point Peace Plan for the Iran War
Trump and Netanyahu started the Iran war without thinking how to end it. But there is a way out.
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March 20, 2026
‘Once and for All’ Means Never
Hamas has survived waves of killings of its leaders. More than force will be necessary to overturn the Islamic regime of Iran.
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March 15, 2026
How Minnesota Beat Trump
Moms donating their breast milk to strangers, dads taking someone else’s kids to school: Minnesotans showed a basic human impulse to look out for their neighbors.
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March 9, 2026
Bombing Iran to Rubble Won’t Give It Life
Only when the U.S.-Israeli bombing of Iran comes to a halt, without destroying the state, can the Iranian people sort out their fate.
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March 2, 2026
How to Think About Trump’s War With Iran
Ending the Islamic Republic’s regime will be long and arduous, but perhaps a softer version will emerge.
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February 17, 2026
Netanyahu Plays Trump and American Jews for Fools — Again
Netanyahu has gotten Trump to focus on Iran and ignore the destructive things Bibi is doing in Gaza, in the West Bank and inside Israel.
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February 3, 2026
How a Conservative Texas District Rejected the Politics of Division
Many Americans are growing both exhausted and frightened by Trump’s scorched-earth, hyperpartisan, fire-ready-aim approach to the presidency.
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January 25, 2026
Minneapolis and Gaza Now Share the Same Violent Language
When ICE and Hamas start looking the same, we are all in trouble.
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January 21, 2026
Trump’s Politics Are Not America First. They’re Me First.
Donald Trump is the most un-American president in our history. And in his second term, there is no one to constrain his un-American impulses.
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January 13, 2026
Trump’s Scheming to Sack Powell Paves the Road to Constitutional Ruin
A criminal investigation of a sitting Fed chairman, with the obvious intent of stripping him of his independence, has never happened before.
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