Ari Paul / 27 Jul 2026
Trump, the Left, and the Politics of State Terror
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
Marco Rubio or the late Theodore Kaczynski, the Unabomber?(...)
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Mitchell Plitnick / 26 Jun 2026
After the Iran War
A Chance to Rethink America’s Middle East
The bombing phase of the Iran war appears to be over. If the ceasefire holds, it may mark more than the end of a military campaign.(...)
Mitchell Plitnick / 30 May 2026
A Foreign Policy Failure
Trump’s Defeat in the Middle East
As Donald Trump navigates ending the Iran war without conceding defeat, American foreign policy remains suspended in an increasingly dangerous limbo.(...)
Ari Paul / 12 May 2026
Evicting the Truth: Republicans and Their Media
Ruthless Cosmopolitan
In American restaurant and bar speak, the word “86” means to evict a customer from the premises: “Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”(...)
Mitchell Plitnick / 19 Mar 2026
Blaming the Jews
Donald Trump and Iran
There is no better fuel for Antisemitism than US policy that is uncritical of Israel. (...)