The military historian Phillips O’Brien joins David Frum to discuss the fallout from the war in Iran, Russia’s stalemate with Ukraine, and Trump’s recent meeting with President Xi Jinping in China.
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Trump’s Iran War: America’s Loss Is China’s Win
The military historian Phillips O’Brien joins David Frum to discuss the fallout from the war in Iran, Russia’s stalemate with Ukraine, and Trump’s recent meeting with President Xi Jinping in China.
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****** NYTimes.com: How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever
How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever
The political scientist Lee Drutman argues that we should switch to a system of proportional representation and put an end to our “trench warfare politics.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-lee-drutman.html?smid=em-share
Something Big Is Happening on Campus There’s a lot going right at universities, if you’re only willing to see it.
NYTimes: What A.I. Kant Do
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
Is Google Making Us Stupid?
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The Men Who Want Women to Be Quiet A virulent form of misogyny has become the single most important force holding together the American right. By Helen Lewis
NYTimes: I Don’t Think You Can Even Call This Hypocrisy
I Don’t Think You Can Even Call This Hypocrisy https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/14/opinion/southern-baptist-convention-paul-pressler.html?smid=nytcore-android-share