Thousands are marching in Selma calling for a full restoration of the voting rights act.

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www.ft.com/content/33ad... by Simon Kuper

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Infuriating, heartbreaking. by the great Dan Barry www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

China Increasingly Views Trump’s America as an Empire in Decline “The America that represented wealth, freedom and institutional confidence feels like it belonged to a different era,” Mr. Wang said. by Li Yuan www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/b...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Russia's scorecard from the Iran war is not so bad. My take. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/12/w...

In a new bonus episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” Nicholas Burns discusses the issues that will take center stage when Trump meets Xi—from trade and technology to Iran, Taiwan, and Ukraine. Listen here: https://fam.ag/42tL0QD

Abraham Foxman, Warrior Against Antisemitism, Dies at 86 RIP. an amazing life www.nytimes.com/2026/05/10/o...

Ukraine has absolutely not lost this war - as the recent back and forth on Moscow’s military parade showed. Doesn’t mean they are winning either, but we are in the fifth year of this war and Ukraine is holding, which is impressive. Me this morning on Radio Classique.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. The mood is itchy but the war continues. By Valerie Hopkins www.nytimes.com/2026/05/08/w...

Political courage and what it means

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La solución infalible que Trump busca para poner fin a la guerra de Irán tal vez no exista For those who prefer Spanish.... www.nytimes.com/es/2026/05/0...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Trump looks for a silver bullet in Iran. There may not be one. My take. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/05/w...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. The war in the West Bank. important. by natan odenheimer and david halbfinger www.nytimes.com/2026/05/04/w...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. With US stuck in Iran, Ukraine is adrift. Europe has money but no strategy. Talks are dormant. The war goes on. My take. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/w...

Ruth Slenczynska, 101, Dies; Piano Prodigy Overcame Father’s Abuse fascinating obit by Margalit Fox. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/a...

💭 How did Hungary shape support for Ukraine? @stevenerlanger.bsky.social of @nytimes.com on Orbán’s role in European politics. 📺 Full conversation on YouTube

💥"Yesterday you could feel a huge relief among leaders. Because it was for the first time in years that there were no Russians in the room, if you know what I'm talking about. But..." And then Robert Fico walks in while Donald Tusk winks at the reporters. Pure perfection.

Paramount Throws Party for Trump as It Awaits Approval of Warner Bros. Deal AND at the US Institute of Peace, as was. You couldn't make it up, really. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/b...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Opinion, sensible as usual, from Bill Burns. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/o...

You know, you don't HAVE to go.

Europe Mulls What Mutual Defense Looks Like Outside NATO And what in the real world is Article 42.7? Our take. by StevenErlanger and Jeanna Smialek www.nytimes.com/2026/04/24/w...

President Trump has invoked the White House ballroom on about a third of the days this year, according to a Post analysis of his public remarks and social media posts, a pace that rivals his mentions of some major policy priorities. https://wapo.st/3Quq5dp

‘We Cannot Lose Sight of Ukraine.’ Europeans Promise More Aid to Kyiv. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/w...

These Chimps Began the Bloodiest ‘War’ on Record. No One Knows Why. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/s...

Mutually Automated Destruction: The Escalating Global A.I. Arms Race www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/t...

What to Know as Hungary Votes in Elections Watched by the World www.nytimes.com/2026/04/12/w...

A Cease-Fire for Now in Iran, but a Blow to American Credibility Critics wonder if this is America’s “Suez moment,” when a leading power signals the start of its international decline. @stevenerlanger.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/w...

Trump take American credibility. (Solid, unflinching work by @stevenerlanger.bsky.social.) www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/w...

Gaza’s Rubble Is the Grave of Our Future www.nytimes.com/2026/04/10/o...

Trump Again Hits Out at NATO Over Iran War Rutte survives White House meeting. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/w...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. US under Trump, unpredictable and predatory, is losing friends and credibility, a decline hard to reverse. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/w...

well better than spending more time with her family

lol, watch the "important new job in the private sector, to be announced at a date in the near future" for Pam Bondi be Fox News host.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Every Trump threat to pull out of NATO has consequences, hollowing out credibility. My take. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/02/w...

so much cruelty

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Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf is, in many ways, a product of the system that afforded his rise. He is not an ideological outsider, but a figure who has moved across Iran’s military, economic, and political institutions, Nicole Grajewski writes.

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Opinion, acid and rightly so. by Maureen Dowd www.nytimes.com/2026/03/28/o...

Trump Had His Eye on China, Then Plunged Into a New Mideast War. excellent by Edward Wong www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/u...

NATO’s ‘Trump Whisperer’ Faces Blowback Over Support for Iran War. Our take. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/w...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Some sense here. Opinion by Phil Klay www.nytimes.com/2026/03/22/o...

Today, on the 10th anniversary of the horrific attacks in Brussels, we remember the victims, their loved ones, and all those affected. We remain vigilant in the face of all threats to our security and way of life. We will never give in to terror or violence.

On the way home. Photograph taken this morning at sunrise on my way back down Glastonbury Tor.

Tremendously moving interview with Christian Delhasse, the driver of the Metro train that was bombed in the 2016 terrorist attacks in Brussels, ten years ago today. He feels personally responsible; he was physically uninjured, but his life was destroyed. www.standaard.be/binnenland/c...

An Autocrat Jailed Her, but She Wants the World to Talk to Him. Kalesnikava. by Valerie Hopkins www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/w...

The U.S. is a superpower that views Iran through a prism of global responsibilities and strategic goals. Israel has a more regional approach. After three weeks of war, their paths are diverging. @stevenerlanger.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/w...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Different strategic threats, different interests, different goals.... My take. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/w...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. Shocking. by David Halbfinger www.nytimes.com/2026/03/18/w...