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Mar 9, 2026, 7:07 AM

Not The Same Fight: Comparing Israeli, US Strikes

Discourse over military strikes against Iran often blurs a crucial political distinction. When the United States threatens and carries out attacks on Iranian targets, it is acting as a global imperial power seeking to shape the balance of forces...

Oct 7, 2025, 10:53 AM

October 5th 2023

Crucial historic events demarcate time between how things were before said event, versus how things became afterwards. 7 October 2023 is one of those events, like 9/11. And yet, while such events can seem so sudden and spontaneous, one...

Jul 14, 2025, 5:55 AM

Time To Reset Relations With Bangladesh

The status quo in the Middle East and South Asia is shifting decisively. Most astute observers—regardless of political stripe—know the tides are turning. And how could they not? For all the doom and dread of recent years, things have...

Jun 28, 2025, 11:10 PM

No Kings, No Ayatollahs: Let Iranians Choose!

Only one person stands for the "Crown Prince," Reza Pahlavi (Khan), as it should be.

When it comes to respecting people’s “titles,” I only respect those earned through merit or democracy. If I come across a PhD in philosophy or physics, I will address them as “Doctor”—unless they insist I use their first name....

Jun 22, 2025, 6:34 AM

Against the reinstallation of the Pahlavi Dynasty Every time news of monumental importance hits Iran, and the world begins focusing on the country, the descendent of ‘Shah’ Pahlavi goes onto television and suggests himself as the successor heir to Persia....

Jun 15, 2025, 4:20 PM

Israeli Government Opts for Revolution

Most of the time, when we discuss the word and phenomena of revolution, such discussions tend to be theoretical. That revolution becomes just one option among others, in a real and actionable sense, rarely occurs throughout history. The decision...

Jun 10, 2025, 7:00 AM

Greta & Friends Wanted, Denied Martyrdom

Greta Thunberg, a Swedish celebrity pretending to be a political activist, is a textbook example of what we in the psychology field would describe as a parentified or adultified (as dubbed by Israeli-born psychologist Samuel Vaknin) person. These individuals...

Jun 2, 2025, 1:05 PM

On the D.C. Shooter’s Hispanic Ethnicity

How Islam has made inroads within Hispanic communities As we processed the events in Washington D.C. last week, one of the unexplored and perhaps befuddling observations made by many was in taking notice of the shooter's Hispanic ethnicity. It seemed...

May 25, 2025, 2:41 PM

The Intersection of Megalomania and Victimhood

The D.C. shootings, what sparked them, psychological insights into the alleged ‘manifesto’, the shooter's politics, and what the Jewish-Marxist tradition taught us about antisemitism. * * * The late secular Jew Christopher Hitchens once remarked that, after traveling the world and...

May 18, 2025, 6:21 AM

The Other Intifada

Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, hold anti-war signs as a man chants slogans in support of the people of Beit Lahiya, in northern Gaza, who have been protesting against Hamas, March 26, 2025. (AP/Abdel Kareem Hana)

While Gazans 'localize' the Intifada and rise up against Hamas, "pro-Palestine" movement turns a blind eye and cold shoulder. As the war in Gaza drags on, civilians continue to suffer—not just as casualties in a conflict Hamas began, but increasingly...

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About Me

Jonathan Salinas is a writer, activist, musician and poet with Jewish ancestry based in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas USA. He's written for several news outlets, online and print, and currently writes on Substack. He was a mayoral candidate in the Edinburg, Texas, 2025 general elections.

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