This evening, Jews around the world will celebrate Purim, one of the narrowest escapes and greatest triumphs in biblical history. Around 2,500 years ago, Esther and her uncle Mordecai thwarted Haman’s scheme to convince King Ahasuerus to slaughter all the captive Jews in Persia. The skill with which these heroes staved off destruction has heartened
If there’s a consensus talking point among the critics of the military action against Iran, it’s that it’s an “unnecessary war of choice.” The complaint doesn’t stand up, but it’s so frequently repeated that it’s worth a careful look to understand precisely why not. The Democratic nominee who lost to President Donald Trump in 2024
The alleged gunman, a naturalized US citizen born in Senegal, allegedly had a Quran in his car FBI members investigating Austin shooting. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) The suspected gunman who killed 2 and wounded 14 others Sunday morning in a shooting in Austin, Texas, wore a sweatshirt that read “Property of Allah” and a
Paul Burrell was a footman to Queen Elizabeth II from 1976 to 1987, and then an eyewitness to the marriage of Prince Charles, who is now King Charles III, and the late Diana, Princess of Wales, who is now beatified as a human sacrifice to the House of Windsor. The Royal Insider is a cattily
Since its inception as an academic discipline, criminology has concerned itself first and foremost with the question of why people commit crime. Beginning with their earliest research, criminologists gathered extensive data on large groups of people to try to disentangle which variables predicted offending. With sufficiently large samples and adequate measurements, these criminologists thought, they
Ever wonder what the six teeth on all Venetian gondolas signify? (The six districts of Venice.) Or why and how chicken wing flats are stripped out to form a “meat umbrella” during competitive eating contests? (Much easier to consumer them faster.) Or why some movie stars are credited as “with” or “and”? (They indicate a
The late dictator came to power in 1989 and oversaw the Islamic Republic’s expansion into the world’s chief sponsor of terrorism Ali Khamenei (Majid Saeedi/Getty Images) Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed Saturday during joint U.S.-Israeli military operations across the Islamic Republic, ending his 36-year reign as the country’s bloodthirsty theocratic dictator, Reuters reported