Eulogizing Khamenei

March 9, 2026

Who could forget the Washington Post’s foolish unforced error in 2019 when its obituary for Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi called him an “austere religious scholar”? Apparently, the editors at the Washington Post forgot, because they printed an obituary for the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei that makes its praise for al-Baghdadi look restrained. More >

Twenty Thousand Gone

February 22, 2026

When The Wall Street Journal reported Friday that up to 20,000 ISIS-affiliated detainees had disappeared from Syria’s al-Hol camp, it wasn’t describing a routine breach. It was describing the possible unraveling of one of the most consequential counterterrorism containment systems built after the fall of the Islamic State’s territorial caliphate in 2019. More >

Guest Post: is LinkedIn Guilty of Antisemitism?

February 11, 2026

It has taken me a very long time to write this article.
Something in me resisted it. Perhaps because it is still profoundly painful. It touches a nerve so deep that avoiding it altogether often felt easier than confronting it. Perhaps because I did not know where to begin. More >

The Silent Genocide of Syria's Minorities – Part 3: Diplomatic Treachery and Media Malpractice

February 3, 2026

The destruction of Kurdish autonomy and the systematic persecution of Syria’s religious minorities did not occur in a vacuum. They unfolded within a permissive international environment shaped by Western diplomacy that substituted engagement for deterrence, access for accountability, and rhetoric for protection. More >

Eulogizing Khamenei

Twenty Thousand Gone

Guest Post: is LinkedIn Guilty of Antisemitism?

The Silent Genocide of Syria's Minorities – Part 3: Diplomatic Treachery and Media Malpractice

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