Commentary Magazine

The July/August double issue of Commentary is now available. This issue celebrates America’s 250th anniversary, the political operatives fueling the “Never Trump” movement, the state of biotech, the false humility of Silicon Valley’s AI surge, and more. With contributions from @jpodhoretz, @jkirchick, @RabbiWolpe, @ratlpolicy, @NancyRomm, @rcbl. Read on at commentary.org and subscribe at commentary.org/subscribe.

Normalization is humanization. Many people are upset by the humanization of Jews, especially those from the Jewish state. But this dehumanization has a strategic purpose. @SethAMandel commentary.org/seth-mandel/ha…

July 14, @jpodhoretz recommends The Extinction of Experience by Christine Rose

Inouye felt a strong affinity for the Jewish community—even once reportedly considering converting—in part because, serving after Pearl Harbor, he understood what it was like to be mistrusted by his fellow Americans just because of who he was. commentary.org/seth-mandel/wh…

LISTEN: Today we discuss the United States officially being back at war with Iran and the resumption of the American blockade in order to open the Strait of Hormuz, the new revelations surrounding Michigan senatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, and John recommends Christine Rosen’s The Extinction of Experience. commentary.org/noam-blum/war-…

"America and Israel just demonstrated the ability to take out your leadership without invading your country." Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=MRptyv…

On dismantling the ICC, which absolutely brought this on itself commentary.org/seth-mandel/ru… Incidentally, a bonus would be to open space for the type of impermanent tribunals that once existed with some success. ICC not only option, not by a mile.

"The U.S. has fought itself into a perverse Goldilocks zone where we won just enough and lost just enough to prevent our leaving."--From today's newsletter.

Indeed, they loved her so much that their odes to her helped solidify America’s image of itself. Irving Berlin, born Izzy Baline in Ukraine, wrote “God Bless America.” commentary.org/articles/john-…

That’s not some angry voter shouting at candidates on the campaign trail. That’s a member of Congress. commentary.org/seth-mandel/th…

Ro Khanna won't be the last progressive to make a bad-faith pilgrimage to Judea & Samaria to try to provoke a confrontation. But he will almost certainly be the least knowledgeable and clumsiest. His faceplant shouldn't make Israel complacent. My latest: commentary.org/seth-mandel/ho…

To my knowledge, even in the colonies before the rise of the nascent United States, Jews were remarkably welcomed. commentary.org/articles/john-…

Israel should not assume Khanna will be the last Democrat to launch a political campaign in Judea and Samaria, nor will Khanna be the last to make his campaign explicitly about punishing the Jewish state. But the next one to do so might be less blockheaded, less ignorant of the environment and its history. @SethAMandel commentary.org/seth-mandel/ho…

LISTEN: It’s Monday, and we are back to discuss the waves of airstrikes against Iran over the weekend and what the US might do next, the legacy of Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed suddenly over the weekend, and Abdul El-Sayed’s race in Michigan. Plus, Seth recommends Maggie Stiefvater’s The Listeners, and John recommends What Happens at Night by Peter Cameron. commentary.org/noam-blum/iran…

The common theme is the fantasy that you can squeeze the supply side without changing behavior. You can’t. Drug development is not exempt from the laws of economics. commentary.org/articles/mworo…

Experiencing the many thousands who had come to pray—and who immediately cheered a condemnation of Jew-hate—was, for me, a moment that I will remember on this Fourth of July as I stand in synagogue on the Sabbath and pray once more that this country experiences a defeat of anti-Semitism in this land—and that God continues to bless America. commentary.org/articles/meir-…

Jewish indigeneity in the Holy Land is not in dispute. So why do progressives and academics cling to an obvious lie? Why spend so much time and energy and resources pushing the idea that Jews are colonizers in their own land, when it is the equivalent of evangelizing the idea that the earth is flat? @SethAMandel commentary.org/seth-mandel/th…

LISTEN: It’s Friday, and contributing editor @EliLake joins us to discuss whether we are at war with Iran again, and how can Trump reconcile his desire for a deal with Iranian intransigence? Plus, the evil conspiracy theories surrounding Charlie Kirk reach a fever pitch during his trial, and John recommends the new film Gale Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass. commentary.org/noam-blum/memo…

Today I explored how it is that American liberals and American Jews became so alienated from each other, not just ideologically but on a level that feels weirdly personal. When Did Liberals Forget that Jews Are Patriots? commentary.org/seth-mandel/wh…

"It makes perfect sense why the Democrats are better organized than the Republicans - because they actually have institutional cores that control money, power, and organizational strength." Watch the full episode: youtube.com/watch?v=D57mt3…

July 9, @continetti recommends The Hero Returns by Richard Brookhiser 🧵 1/2