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Why Bruce Springsteen is still my favorite musician, warts and all. Regardless of what really happened the night of Bruce Springsteen’s...

When you start looking into it, The United States doesn't compare favorably to other democracies. In fact, we have all the warning signs...

Recent events show us that the United States' legacies of wealth and racial inequality continue to reverberate in unison. So far I’ve...

It's not such a strange thing to search for belonging. Every year I write something in honor of World Autism Awareness Day, but given the...

The Iran crisis has demonstrated that Americans are geographically, historically, and politically illiterate. There could be terrible...

The United States is taking the wrong side in a three-way standoff between democracy, illiberalism, and dictatorship. With all the fervor...

Why do some Catalan protesters oppose the Catholic Church? A true account from Barcelona. In the confines of Barcelona’s gothic quarter,...

Can Israel's left-wing and centrist parties work together amidst a burgeoning crisis of democracy? Israel is not an apartheid state -...

The Israel-Palestinian Conflict escalates like clockwork - and there's a reason for that. As throngs of Palestinians rushed the Israeli...

Israel's latest election shows the problem of maintaining civil society against the backdrop of a never-ending conflict. The ongoing...

Every once and awhile, the shortcomings of academic analysis hit you in the face. When I first decided to get into academia studying...

It’s time to think differently about mass shootings. These events aren’t random. Mass shootings, and public violence in general, are...

Supposedly being good at your job does not mean you can commit crimes. Trump's been trying to build a case all summer for keeping him...

הדיונים האחרונים על חוק הלאום מפגינים שהימין דוחה את הלקחים של העבר - ונוטש תכנית לעתיד ב1994 מפלגת כ״ך הייתה אסורה מהכנסת בגלל ההערות...

In lieu of my usual walls of text, here’s some scattershot thoughts. - World War III isn't happening, guys. Russia knows better than to...

Do Ernest Gellner's theories of nationalism explain the rural consciousness movement? Given the political climate I want to make a pitch...

Moving the embassy means the two-state solution is dead. 'Cause people keep asking me how I feel about the Jerusalem embassy issue: For...