The question is not whether a president is strong enough to exercise power, but whether the president is restrained enough to obey the laws he has sworn to uphold, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.
War in the Twilight
Tag: 2026 Iran War
A Nuclear-Sanity Appeal to Pope Leo XIV
In an open letter, signatories from around the world call on the pope to organize an emergency international summit to address questions of peace and nuclear disarmament.
Ensuring Israel’s Genocides
As Israel loses popular support, the Israeli-intelligence sharing provision in the now-stalled Pentagon 2027 authorization bill ensures a seamless flow of support for an increasingly unpopular proxy, writes Nuvpreet Kalra.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: In Praise of Defeat
After a day’s talks with Iran, J.D. Vance’s claims to progress seem flimsy even by the slack standards the U.S. sets for itself these days in its diplomatic endeavors.
Strait of Hormuz: A Constant in Iranian History
Long before it became the jugular vein of the modern global economy, this narrow waterway was the sacred and strategic maritime gateway to the Persian empire, writes M. Reza Behnam.
Chris Hedges: The Rise of the Global South
The war on Iran has not only ended in a humiliating defeat for the United States, but resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power in the Middle East and the Global South.
The World After America
Alfred W. McCoy on the the causes and consequences at home and abroad of U.S. global decline.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Epic Desperation
Before the world’s eyes, Iranians have turned Operation Epic Fury into Operation Epic Desperation. Iranians are Hô Chi Minh’s grasshoppers taking on a colonial elephant.
When Trump Compares Iran to Vietnam or Iraq
Neither of the two previous quagmires was revealed in its calamitous stupidity as swiftly as Trump’s war on Iran, writes Mitchell Zimmerman.
UK Intel Role in Iran War That UK Says It’s Not In
Ministry of Defence satellite data analysed by Declassified UK indicate Britain had a more active role in Iran war than ministers admit, Abdullah Farooq and John McEvoy report.