RIP George Rowlett. The post The 84 Club appeared first on The American Conservative .
Culture The 84 Club RIP George Rowlett. For two superstitious reasons, I believe that I shall die at the age of 84. The first is that 84 is the mean age of my parents at death. Such a mean is only a rough guide to one’s longevity, of course; if it were more exact, the life expectancy of populations could not change, but history demonstrates that it does change. Moreover, if it were anything other than a rough guide, siblings would all die at the same age, which experience again shows is false. Habitués of cemeteries, however, will have noticed that long and short lives tend to run in families. The second reason for my belief…Open
A new bill would integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries. The post Congress Aims to Give Israel Leverage Over America appeared first on The American Conservative .
Foreign Affairs Congress Aims to Give Israel Leverage Over America A new bill would integrate the U.S. and Israeli militaries. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images) Amid record-high public hostility toward Israel and the wars taxpayers are financing on its behalf, the Israel lobby has mobilized to pass a National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2027 which includes language designed to sustain the yearslong wealth transfer from Americans to Israelis and cement that relationship in ways that would be less transparent and more difficult to challenge through democratic processes. At the same time, a…Open