MAGA and the pope
Pope Leo XIV Inauguration Mass In St. Peter’s Square, Vatican City. Photo courtesy the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales/Flickr. Habemus papam—we have a new Pope, and...
Jack Daniel Christie
Do you condemn Hamas?
A banner featuring the late leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah, Yahya Sinwar and Hassan Nasrallah, in Tel Aviv. The inscription reads, “Unity now. Think carefully about who benefits from division…
A freer Russia for whom?
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Photo by Michał Siergiejevicz/Wikimedia Commons. Alexei Navalny looks directly into the camera. He has a remarkably expressive face, and presently it is expressing concern, skepticism,…
Lee Sun-kyun’s death is a reminder of the lie of South Korean liberalism
South Korean actor Lee Sun-kyun. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. This week actor Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the 2019 film Parasite, took his own life. Why? Because…
When it comes to election interference, the problem isn’t just Russia
Russian traditional nesting dolls with portraits of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Photo from Flickr. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Russian oligarch, long-time friend of Vladimir Putin, and founder of the Wagner…