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Cuba’s conference of Catholic bishops has made an unusually direct public request that the government engage in “structural social, economic, and political changes” amid national crisis The Catholic Church is the biggest exception to absence of non-state controlled orgs in Cuba

What is Netanyahu's brilliant plan if the Iranian regime does not collapse and does not surrender? Keep bombing them every few years as they inch closer to having nuclear weapons?

I spoke to a dozen of activists inside Iran. They have one thing in common: They oppose the Israeli attacks and they want the war to stop. theatlantic.com/international/…

In case some people really didn't know, there is a big difference between being a dissident of a regime and cheering for the bombing of your own country:

“Answers are easy, questions are hard.” Marshall McLuhan 1973

Like everyone else in the music world, I am so sad to hear about the departure of Alfred Brendel. He was a beacon of civilisation, a deeply cultured man who loved music passionately, shared that love widely and never compromised artistically or personally. He will be much missed.

Same arguments as 2003. x.com/jpodhoretz/sta…

You are responsible only for things that are within your power to do.

"Some want to shelve 'tired' debates and go back to a time when Thomism alone was the grammar for all of theology. But it was precisely the 'old Thomism' that created the conditions for these rancorous debates in the first place." pillarcatholic.com/p/pope-leo-and…

My latest interview for The Nation is with the German sociologist, Wolfgang Streeck. We discuss immigration, Sahra Wagenknecht, the war in Ukraine, Russia and European military defense, Donald Trump, Adam Tooze and more: thenation.com/article/cultur…

You can say this is a gotcha question, but it would be in the first two bullets in any brief he should have had before doing the interview. So he either didn’t read it, or didn’t ask for one - either option highlights levels of arrogance that could power a city.

The powerful weapons used in modern wars threaten to lead us to a barbarism greater than that of the past. In the name of human dignity and international law, I repeat to those in positions of responsibility what Pope Francis used to say: 'War is always a defeat!' And with Pope

One of the most iconic moments in music history happened 56 years ago today

Caravaggio en Sant’Agostino

I am not a Rawlsian, but I believe Rawls is 100% correct here: x.com/zackbeauchamp/…

I joined my friends Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid for an in-depth discussion on regime collapse in Iran, expanding on my much-circulated UnHerd essay. Tune in. It benefits from the fact that I just like these dudes personally. wisdomofcrowds.live/p/sohrab-ahmar…

New episode! Sohrab Ahmari joins Damir Marusic and Shadi Hamid to discuss the Israel-Iran war and its possible aftermaths. Here Sohrab discusses the post-war best-case scenario: Subscribe to watch the whole episode! wisdomofcrowds.live/p/sohrab-ahmar…

Shadi Hamid and Sohrab Ahmari discuss shifting attitudes within the American Right toward Arabs and Arab nations. Subscribe to watch the whole thing! wisdomofcrowds.live/p/sohrab-ahmar…

Always a treat to get a chunk of time to sit down with Sohrab Ahmari — especially so after he’s written such a definitive essay. Do give it a listen.

Brauni, espá y yinsen, novedades en la segunda edición del Diccionario panhispánico de dudas de la RAE. efe.com/otras-noticias…