December 22, 2023

While 2023 was another year filled with no shortage of crises, it wasn’t simply a time of regression.

Iran and its proxies are menacing shipping, part of a wider campaign to confront and divide the West.

The meanings of “exult” and “exalt” overlap and they both have Biblical resonances. Yet the two words are etymologically distinct.

For Christmas fare, this Julie Taymor production of The Magic Flute hits the spot.

If attacks on ships continue, President Biden may well authorize a strike on Yemen even at the risk of escalating tensions with Houthis ally, Iran.