Middle East

2025

The Sultan Returns: How Dangerous Is Recep Tayyip ErdoฤŸan?

Sometimes, it seems like history is drunk, going around in circles with a glass of raki in hand. Here, a hundred years after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the guy who wants to wear the robe is back. This time, he’s not a sultan with a turban and seventy concubines, but a politician in a suit, holding a NATO passport, and his name is Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

July 19, 2025

Stop Calling, Mom โ€” Iโ€™m 76

There are relationships that after a certain time stop being romantic and become a bitโ€ฆ suffocating.
Youโ€™re no longer sure if youโ€™re in a relationship – or in foster care . . . and thatโ€™s more or less the situation between Israel and the United States.

July 7, 2025

โ€œThe Night the Lights Went Out in Isfahanโ€:

On the night between Thursday and Friday, when half of Israel was asleep and the other half was looking for where to buy hummus at 3 a.m., the surprise arrived. No, it wasn’t a reduction in housing prices – but something much rarer: a direct, targeted, and successful Israeli attack on Iran. Again.

June 13, 2025
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