Month: July 2023
Posted on July 30, 2023
Spirit and Letter: Israel in Crisis
“Israel in Crisis” has led many headlines over the years. Rarely, though, has it been so self-inflicted. I spent a considerable amount of time in Israel across a dozen-plus trips over four years. My Israeli counterparts and I …
Posted on July 17, 2023
Hawaiian Studs
Hawaii is many things. Island paradise, tourist destination, and one of the most welcoming cultures around? Without a doubt. One thing it is not, however, is a mecca for standardized construction practices. My son—bless his heart—hasn’t met a …
Posted on July 2, 2023
Big Trouble in Little Moscow: Wagner, Prigozhin, and Putin
In one of the more mindboggling turns of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, I get to write the following sentence: a former caterer-turned-mercenary-warlord led an armed insurrection against the Russian government. His Wagner forces got within a few hundred …
