Henry Kissinger, an American diplomat and Nobel laureate, died yesterday at the age of one hundred. I will never forget the first time I heard him speak in person. Dr. Kissinger was an invited guest at a 2013 World Affairs… Read more

Israel confirmed early this morning that a temporary pause in the Israel–Hamas war would extend for at least one more day, with eight more Israeli hostages reportedly set to be released. Tragically, the tenuous nature of this truce was demonstrated… Read more

Casey McIntyre was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2019 and died on November 12, 2023, at just thirty-eight years of age. In the days leading up to her death, she urged friends to donate to a campaign that would cancel… Read more

Hamas freed seventeen more hostages yesterday; thirty-nine Palestinians were released from Israeli prisons in exchange. Among the hostages Hamas released was Abigail Edan, a four-year-old Israeli-American citizen who witnessed her parents being murdered on October 7. President Biden said at… Read more

An initial four-day cease-fire in the war between Israel and Hamas took effect this morning in Gaza, a day later than originally planned. The deal was brokered by Qatar, the US, and Egypt. At this writing, there have been no… Read more

Geoffrey Holt was the caretaker of a mobile home park in Hinsdale, a town of 4,200 people in the southwest corner of New Hampshire. His mobile home had no TV or computer; the legs of his bed went through the… Read more

Israel and Hamas have agreed to a deal by which Hamas will free fifty civilian hostages in return for the release of 150 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails and a four-day pause in fighting. The first hostages could be freed… Read more

This week’s economic news was unexpectedly good: inflation is down from 9.1 percent last summer to 3.2 percent now. In response, the Dow closed Wednesday at its highest level since mid-August. Observers think the Federal Reserve will not raise interest… Read more

The world watched as Israeli Defense Forces personnel entered al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City yesterday, where they reported finding an “operational command center” belonging to Hamas. They released a video of some of the material they discovered, including automatic weapons,… Read more

Nearly three hundred thousand people rallied in Washington, DC, yesterday to support Israel in its war with Hamas, constituting the largest pro-Israel event in US history. Later in the day, the House passed a short-term funding bill to avert a… Read more