The happenings of the political elite have an incredible habit of morphing into pieces of fiction. From the comedy of Yes Minister to the dark, sordid tales of one George R. R. Martin, this monstrous fiction morphs into one gargantuan sketch that repeatedly defies...
Vice President JD Vance has been questioning the assessments coming out of the Department of War about the success of the US military in Iran. According to two senior White House officials speaking with The Atlantic, Vance has expressed skepticism about the...
The White House has asked the intelligence community to assess how Iran would respond to the US declaring victory and ending the conflict. According to multiple sources speaking with Reuters, senior Trump administration officials requested the intelligence community...
A single image can crack a political storyline wide open. We start with the viral clip of an Israeli soldier smashing a Jesus statue and follow the uncomfortable question it forces for many American Christians: what does “shared values” mean when Christians in...
We dive into the refutations by Saint Hilarion of socialism
Bombs have been falling on Iran for fifty-nine days. As of now a ceasefire is holding, just barely, brokered under pressure from Pakistan. But before it came, a girls' primary school in the southern city of Minab was hit on the first day of the war, at least 170 dead,...
During the COVID-19 crisis, people who were not vaccinated faced all kinds of social discrimination, and health authorities went so far as to take drastic measures against the unvaccinated due to their alleged irresponsibility. This included private healthcare, which...
The hits have just kept on coming! (And not in a good way.) For anyone who cares and/or is curious why CJ has been mostly incommunicado the past 2 months (other than angrily ranting against the insanity of current events on Twitter): In this special DHP episode he...
Alright, you caught me red handed! I missed last week's email. I did, however, spend a solid hour, hour and a half, writing an article about how the film The Prince of Egypt framed 90s kids' first impressions of Israel. But I very quickly realized the topic was too...
The headlines move fast, but the stakes underneath them move faster. When political leaders say the Strait of Hormuz is “open” and diplomacy is “wrapping up,” we slow the tape and ask the only question that matters: who actually has leverage right now, and what price...
