Editorial: Beyond the Bluster — In the Middle of the War
This is not a postwar assessment. It is a snapshot — taken in the uneasy pause of a tenuous ceasefire that may not hold...
Editorial: The Messenger and the Message
Was JD Vance the right person to send to Islamabad?
The better question may be: What, exactly, was the mission?
The 21-hour negotiations between the United...
Editorial: Justice Cannot Be Selective
Israel’s new law permitting the death penalty for certain acts of terrorism demands a clear-eyed assessment — one that resists both reflexive denunciation and...
Editorial: America’s Air Traffic Wake-Up Call
Last month, an Air Canada regional jet struck an emergency vehicle on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport — an accident that followed...
Editorial: Addiction by Design — and Accountability at Last
A Los Angeles jury’s verdict against Meta and Google, finding their platforms liable for intentionally designing addictive features that harmed children, marks a turning...
Editorial: An Alliance With Uncertain Space for Israel
Something appears to be shifting across the Arab and broader Muslim world. The reported coordination among Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Egypt and Pakistan may reflect...
Editorial: What Is J Street Thinking?
There is nothing inherently wrong with dissent in matters of war. Democracies depend on it. And the current conflict with Iran — complex, dangerous...
Editorial: A Lone Warning We Should Not Ignore
Last week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down Colorado’s ban on conversion therapy for minors is, at one level, a familiar story: A majority...
Editorial: Next Year in Jerusalem
Each year at Passover, Jews gather around the Seder table to tell an ancient story that refuses to stay in the past. The Haggadah...
Editorial: Kudos to Cornell’s Kotlikoff
At most universities today, the script is predictable. Students pass a sweeping political resolution. Administrators respond with vague talk of “dialogue” and “listening.” No...