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Will a joke from 'The Office' cost the Democrats Virginia? And other questions.

Oct 24, 2025

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Will a joke from 'The Office' cost the Democrats Virginia? And other questions.

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Jonathan M. Katz

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Oct 1, 2025

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9 min read

Short circuiting

Round-up of the insanity. Plus: Send your questions.

Sep 26, 2025

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7 min read

'I'm a very strong person for free speech'

There are no contradictions here. The crackdown was always coming.

Sep 17, 2025

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9 min read

Has Trump found his Reichstag fire?

Or will more people push back in time?

Far right en marche

Europe proves again that meeting fascists halfway is a bad strategy

Friday note: Sisyphus edition

DeSantis done, 'anti-wokism' still here

A double Monday repost

Disaster after disaster

Malicious propaganda between hurricanes, and what can be done to stop it

Off the 'Stack

Lose my trust, lose me

Coup complete

From the vault: Who is El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and what does he want?

An interview slightly ahead of its time

Fascism

'The worst of the worst'

Trump's new Guantánamo order portends a chilling future based on an ugly past

Explore the unseen connnections

Behind World Affaris, Politics, Disaster, and More. By Jonathan M. Katz

Past issues

Jun 20, 2025

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6 min read

Addicted to war

Just one more little Middle Eastern conflict, it'll be painless, they swear

Imperialism

Jonathan M. Katz

The endgame for Gaza begins

A look back and forward

Palestine/Israel

May 5, 2025

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8 min read

From the vault: Who is El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and what does he want?

An interview slightly ahead of its time

Fascism

Apr 18, 2025

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5 min read

The free speech event that wasn't

Bari Weiss came to Charlottesville to talk about the future of free speech. She revealed more than she intended to.

Oct 21, 2024

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19 min read

ANALYSIS

Epstein and Empire

Or, what I did on my summer vacation

Imperialism

The endgame for Gaza begins

A look back and forward

Palestine/Israel

The Hub of the Wheel

How Israel became a tool of America's empire

REPORTING

No, the 'UN' didn't lower its standards for declaring a famine in Gaza

Dissecting some denial

Palestine/Israel

'We deserve better.'

A Haitian perspective from Springfield, Ohio

Haiti

My interview with the president

Biden: 'I have made very clear to the Israelis what they have to do in the near term. [And] if they don't, what's going to happen.'

CULTURE

Hypocrisy's vectors

Trump's gifts from Qatar, asylum for Boers, persecuting speech and more

Philosophy

War holiday redux

A Hanukkah repost

My Aunt Rachel

1945–2023

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Will a joke from 'The Office' cost the Democrats Virginia? And other questions.

THE LATEST

Short circuiting

'I'm a very strong person for free speech'

Has Trump found his Reichstag fire?

TRENDING

Far right en marche

Friday note: Sisyphus edition

DeSantis done, 'anti-wokism' still here

Disaster after disaster

Off the 'Stack

Coup complete

From the vault: Who is El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and what does he want?

'The worst of the worst'

Explore the unseen connnections

Past issues

Addicted to war

The endgame for Gaza begins

From the vault: Who is El Salvador's Nayib Bukele and what does he want?

The free speech event that wasn't

ANALYSIS

Epstein and Empire

The endgame for Gaza begins

The Hub of the Wheel

REPORTING

No, the 'UN' didn't lower its standards for declaring a famine in Gaza

'We deserve better.'

My interview with the president

CULTURE

Hypocrisy's vectors

War holiday redux

My Aunt Rachel

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