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Jul 5, 2026, 5:47 PM

Unfinished Things, Still Worth Loving

This weekend, millions of Americans will gather in backyards, at beaches, and beneath fireworks. We'll wave flags. We'll sing patriotic songs. We'll celebrate the Semi-quincentennial, the 250th birthday of this remarkable country. And if you're anything like me...you may do...

Jul 3, 2026, 5:51 PM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 22

Yesterday’s action in the World Cup featured two matches pitting the nations of the Iberian Peninsula (sorry Andorra and Gibraltar, but you don’t count) against two component parts of the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. The latter entity had a habit...

Jul 2, 2026, 3:19 PM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 21

The knockout rounds of the World Cup are always dramatic. Yesterday’s menu of matches was especially dramatic. In the showdown between African countries and European countries, both African sides managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. In...

Jul 2, 2026, 9:03 AM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 20

Quoth The Rolling Stones: “You can’t always get what you want, but, sometimes, you just might find you get what you need.” Per the Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC): “And, sometimes, you don’t even get that.” Such was the...

Jun 30, 2026, 6:25 PM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 19

“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair.” This quote is most commonly associated with Percy Bysshe Shelley, but it just as easily could have been attributed to the likes of Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Müller, Torsten Frings, and their ilk....

Jun 29, 2026, 12:25 PM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Day 18

Mixed emotions were the order of the day for the Zionist's Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC) as it viewed the day's only match, featuring Canada and South Africa in a Round of 32 knockout match. Since October 7th,...

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Jun 28, 2026, 8:54 AM

In Bangladesh, Islamists Can Lose the Election—and Still Capture the State

AI-generated symbolic illustration by Purna Lal Chakma, inspired by real media coverage and viral social media imagery, representing Bangladesh’s struggle over public space, religious majoritarian pressure, and the memory of the 1971 Liberation War, symbolized by the Eternal Flame.

Jamaat did not form the government, but the wider Islamist ecosystem may be reshaping the state from inside. Bangladesh’s February election did not end the struggle over the soul of the state. It only changed the form of that struggle. The...

Jun 28, 2026, 8:52 AM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Day 17

"I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, Returning were as tedious as go o'er." Or so said a certain dramatic Scottish monarch during the course of his short and tumultuous reign. And long...

Jun 27, 2026, 10:06 PM

Between the West Side and the West Bank

I was on the floor of my friend's Hollywood apartment with a microphone in my hand, singing my heart out to our makeshift karaoke. I was high and had made my way down a bottle of wine. Just a...

Jun 26, 2026, 5:53 PM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup—Day 15

Day 14 left the Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup (ZGWC) in the dumps as the South Koreans opted not to start the greatest player the country’s history, Son Heung-Min, and proceeded to drop a winnable game to much...

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