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Jonah Blank
Jonah Blank is author of ‘Arrow of the Blue-Skinned God: Retracing the Ramayana Through India’. He tweets @JonahBlank
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25 years on, America’s response to 9/11 is its biggest self-inflicted hurtSubscriber Only
September 11,2026 06:20:14 AM
Adversity can be a superb teacher. But the greatest disaster of recent American history has taught us nothing. Are we safer than we were on September 10, 2001?
Fri, Sep 11, 2026
America at 250: What exactly are we celebrating?Subscriber Only
July 03,2026 17:31:57 PM
Most Americans, of all political and social views, are united in the belief that our country is something special. But we don't agree on the question of why
Fri, Jul 03, 2026
America’s message for the World Cup: Stay awaySubscriber Only
June 11,2026 14:35:14 PM
Why is America trying so hard to be a bad host? Because the Trump Administration has turned its back on the rest of the world
Thu, Jun 11, 2026
Dear Donald Trump, here’s how you end the war with Iran: Just stop talkingSubscriber Only
April 23,2026 15:22:40 PM
When a person threatens the annihilation of a civilisation, and has the unfettered means of carrying out that threat, it’s long past time for everyone to take his threats seriously
Fri, Apr 24, 2026
This is America’s most pointless war yetSubscriber Only
March 12,2026 10:51:32 AM
When the families of the seven American servicemembers killed so far, or of the 170-odd schoolgirls killed in Iran’s Minab, ask “why,” that's the only honest answer anyone could give them: To make Trump feel strong
Fri, Mar 13, 2026
Trump’s ‘ape-meme’ about Barack and Michelle Obama tells a larger story about MAGA and White AmericaSubscriber Only
February 07,2026 11:32:36 AM
If this were just a matter of one bigot, it wouldn't be newsworthy. But Trump speaks for a huge slice of White America that currently controls the nation. It's not just Black people who receive such treatment. My own half-desi son has been called a monkey by a schoolmate
Sun, Feb 08, 2026
Cruelty is the point: What Renee Good’s killing and its aftermath says about the Trump administrationSubscriber Only
January 12,2026 12:11:12 PM
Brutality isn't coincidental to Trump's programme, it’s central to it. Trump hopes to terrify all other Renee Goods — that is, all the rest of us — into submission
Mon, Jan 12, 2026
Hegseth’s ‘Kill Everybody’ order amounts to murder and should horrify AmericansSubscriber Only
December 04,2025 10:59:32 AM
The Trump administration has launched 21 strikes so far, killing at least 83 people. The real question is much larger: Why should we believe he'll stop there?
Thu, Dec 04, 2025
There’s no place for Usha Vance in her husband’s America — or for my family and meSubscriber Only
November 03,2025 11:53:25 AM
The 'Christian Nationalist' version of the faith that the US Vice President professes excludes everyone who doesn't fit its America First identity
Wed, Nov 05, 2025
Obama’s Nobel was questionable. Trump getting one would be downright absurdSubscriber Only
October 08,2025 11:18:22 AM
There is no concept of anything larger than himself. Every policy, every decision, every initiative is always based on feeding Trump's insatiable hunger for self-gratification
Wed, Oct 08, 2025
Things you can’t say about Charlie KirkSubscriber Only
September 18,2025 14:22:59 PM
America is changing so very fast. We've always thought of ourselves as the freest society in the world. But our government is now openly trying to shut down political thought with which it disagrees
Thu, Sep 18, 2025
Support for Palestinian statehood is growing. But will it matter?Subscriber Only
August 29,2025 15:06:10 PM
Pretty soon, maybe even by the end of September, the only nations opposing this global consensus will be Israel and the US. Or, in a less optimistic light: The only two nations with the power to do anything
Fri, Aug 29, 2025
Alaska summit: Putin hoodwinks Trump, yet againSubscriber Only
August 17,2025 13:31:43 PM
Where are we left after a whirlwind summit that achieved absolutely nothing? Exactly where we were beforehand, but with a few illusions stripped away
Sun, Aug 17, 2025
India, Trump just wasn’t that into youSubscriber Only
August 07,2025 12:16:37 PM
The US President doesn’t care about Russian oil or Ukraine. What he’s upset about is India standing up for itself
Fri, Aug 08, 2025
Trump’s bizarre threat to punish Brazil for acting like a democracy will backfire on AmericansSubscriber Only
July 15,2025 13:51:00 PM
In the past, all US presidents did their moral preaching in rhetorical support of democracy and rule of law. With Trump, we have a president actively jawboning foreign leaders against these values
Tue, Jul 15, 2025
Israel has all but guaranteed Iran’s nuclearisationSubscriber Only
June 17,2025 12:27:36 PM
It may not happen immediately. But after seeing what happens when one doesn’t possess a nuclear deterrent, why would any sane Iranian leader not race full-out for a bomb?
Sat, Jun 21, 2025
Trump’s latest travel ban isn’t about national security — it’s about national identity and who’s allowed to belongSubscriber Only
June 06,2025 12:00:25 PM
Counterterrorism is the stated goal. But the data — and his own words — tell a different story. Countries that have produced the most dangerous terrorist threats to America are absent from the ban
Wed, Jun 18, 2025
Despite Tillerson, US won’t abandon Pakistan for IndiaSubscriber Only
October 27,2017 08:15:10 AM
There is no new US policy towards Pakistan and there won’t be one soon. As long as the US has troops in neighboring Afghanistan, it will be reliant on Pakistan for logistical support, transit, and—perhaps most importantly—Islamabad’s influence with both the Taliban and its affiliated Haqqani Network
Fri, Oct 27, 2017
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