Christopher Federico gave me permission to pass along something he wrote on the Book of Face, which I think is a really good distillation of why Trump is so bad at foreign policy. It also tracks nicel
Back during the Obama administration, opponents of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) peddled a lot of nonsense in their attempt to derail a pretty robust non-proliferation deal. Some hawk
This is the grave of Hassan Toufanian. I don’t know too much about Toufanian. But I was wandering a cemetery looking for someone else and boy did that grave stone look interesting. I’m cer
I have been unusually transfixed by this year’s World Cup, where histories of European identity and empire are so clearly on display. [updated 15 July] We’re headed into the last week, and
Unless you’re The Muppets, this is a song that cannot be duplicated in a studio. WE’LL DO IT LIVE! In 1975 Queen released one of the weirdest songs of all time that became a massive hit, t
Paul already pointed our attention to the full transcript of Trump’s interview with the Wall Street Journal. Like pretty much all of Trump’s long-form interviews, it’s truly terrify
I wonder how true this actually is. An Iranian official said “Republican rivals of the current US administration” attempted to stall last month’s Iranian-U.S. prisoner swap until the
A couple of articles on the history of world slavery that may pique your interest on a Sunday morning. First, here’s a really interesting photo essay on African slaves in Iran in the late 19th a