war and peace
Drinking wine in a time of war
The peace of winemaking is a sorely needed alternative to violent regimes warring in the name of God.
Are America and Israel headed for divorce?
The United States' permissive alliance with Israel may be coming to an end.
The colossal stupidity of war with Iran
An unwinnable war without a goal and with consequences for the world.
Persian hospitality: Connecting cultures through wine
Can ancient traditions of wine and hospitality bridge the divide between America and Iran?
The future of antisemitism
We can't get confused about what constitutes anti-Jewish prejudice.
Operation Spiderweb is the future of war
National leaders everywhere must be shuddering at the implications.
Is the US headed for a cold civil war?
A majority of Americans fear that political violence is imminent. But it may not take quite the form we imagine.
The future of the fights against disease and war
God has had his turn. Securing a future with less disease and war is up to us.
Nuclear panic and the satellite wars
Reading Time: 6 minutes In 1962, the US detonated a high-altitude warhead, with a yield of 1.4 megatons of TNT equivalent, some 250 miles above the Earth. The blast expelled the planet’s magnetic field for nearly half a minute, created a brief cavity in the ionosphere, and damaged
So this is 90 seconds to midnight
Reading Time: 4 minutes On January 24, the Science and Security Board of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists officially moved the hands on the Doomsday Clock, which for three quarters of a century has been used to depict humanity’s risk of global disaster from nuclear war. When the clock was first
Can we ever truly combat climate change in a world at war?
Reading Time: 6 minutes According to The Guardian, which has not given up on its war counter since February 24, 2022, we are now over 572 days into the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Every day, this media outlet and many like it try to keep the world aware of the fact that, even if our terminology dif
Whose justice will emerge from ‘Under the Cloak of War’?
Reading Time: 13 minutes This week’s main episode of Strange New Worlds, which was moved up to accommodate the surprise early launch of a crossover episode on July 22, enters difficult territory. On the surface, “Under the Cloak of War” bears some resemblance to facets of Star Trek VI: The Undiscove