Editorial: Retribution Is Weakness, Not Strength
There have always been fierce political battles in America. The presidential election of 1800 was venomous. Reconstruction was raw. The Cold War brought suspicion,...
Editorial: Israel and the Red Sea
For decades, Israel treated the Red Sea as strategic background noise — a shipping lane to monitor, not a front to defend. That assumption...
Editorial: Rubio Shines in Munich
Each winter, global leaders gather at the Munich Security Conference — a high-level forum founded during the Cold War to anchor the transatlantic alliance....
Editorial: Al Jazeera and the Absence of Evidence
Al Jazeera does not merely report about the Gaza war. It is redefining how its audience understands evidence itself.
Its latest “investigation” claims that nearly...
Opinion: Finding Meaning in the Mundane: A Model for Healing and Growth
Nechama Shemtov
Last week, I had two very different experiences. At first glance, there seemed to be no connection, but in actuality there was a...
Opinion: Why Some Political Prisoners Are Forgotten
David J. Butler
When Jimmy Lai was sentenced to 20 years in prison, the democratic world should have recoiled. A 78-year-old publisher, convicted after one...
Opinion: Look Around at the Evil in the World
Sarah N. Stern
I have long grappled with understanding the origins of evil. The events unfolding in Iran offer a stark example.
Millions have taken to...
Opinion: When a Cabinet Minister for Women Celebrates Iran, the World Should Take Notice
Angie Segal
Sindisiwe Chikunga, the minister for women, youth and persons with disabilities in South Africa, stood before an audience on Feb. 6, a Friday...
Opinion: Why Are We Still Talking About Bondi?
Sarri Singer
Israeli President Isaac Herzog visited Sydney last week, meeting with bereaved families and survivors, in addition to national leaders, offering public expressions of...
Editorial: Rethinking Sanctuary Laws
Few policy debates have been as flattened by slogans as the fight over “sanctuary” laws. To critics, they are reckless shields for criminals. To...
