A man was convicted of federal terrorism charges in the 2022 stabbing of Salman Rushdie, the author who has faced a decades-old death threat over his novel "The Satanic Verses."
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Time was running out to find survivors, as rescuers continued to work in the Kumamoto area on Japan 's southern main island of Kyushu, where the magnitude 7.1 earthquake hit Tuesday.
Fauci’s writings reveal a man obsessed with the fame and fortune he received during the pandemic. The post The Princess Diaries of Anthony Fauci appeared first on The American Conservative .
Takimag The Princess Diaries of Anthony Fauci Fauci’s writings reveal a man obsessed with the fame and fortune he received during the pandemic. TakiMag Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Natio I thought of various clever-seeming ways to organize this cornucopia of quotes from the diary of the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci. But that would mean cutting some of these gems. So here they are, in ascending order of embarrassing awfulness. 1. Anthony Fauci on Anthony Fauci: — “Apparently, a lot of people at the Pentagon admire me very much …” …Open
The late senator supported foreign policy catastrophes that harmed America. The post Washington’s Unseemly Celebration of Lindsey Graham appeared first on The American Conservative .
Politics Washington’s Unseemly Celebration of Lindsey Graham The late senator supported foreign policy catastrophes that harmed America. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images If Washington is good at anything, it is self-celebration. Those who dominate the city constantly remind the public, especially those who live in the great beyond, the “flyover country” between the coasts, of the eternal wisdom, dedication, genius, and goodness of those who have successfully climbed the capital’s well-greased pole of political rule. Never is the shameless hypocrisy on greater display than during the funerals of those who did…Open
A realist analysis of power and interests points to a mutually beneficial outcome. The post The Iran War Is Lose-Lose appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs The Iran War Is Lose-Lose A realist analysis of power and interests points to a mutually beneficial outcome. Photo by Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images The conflict between the United States and Iran has laid bare a profound failure of political judgment and strategic adaptation in Washington and Tehran alike. Both sides locked themselves into rigid adversarial paradigms and prioritized short-term tactical military successes at the expense of long-term strategy. For the United States in particular, this failure is a symptom of a much larger, more dangerous disease—a stubborn adherence to a…Open