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Special Edition: A Strategy for Iran: Back to the Drawing Board (July 13, 2026)
Welcome to this special edition of Home & Away, one stimulated by a recent piece in The New York Times by David Sanger, “Bombing and a Tentative Accord Didn’t Work. Does Trump Have a Plan C for Iran?”
I would argue that as the United State...
It's Official (July 9, 2026)
Welcome to Home & Away. I know I said I’d be taking some time off from writing this newsletter so I could focus on other projects, but then things started happening. I identify (up to a point) with Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part III...
The State of the Jewish State (July 2, 2026)
Welcome to Home & Away. It was another eventful week, but then every week is eventful, it seems. Here’s just a few of the highlights:
The Supreme Court ended its term with a raft of decisions, including rejecting the Trump administration’s...
Strait is the Gate (June 26, 2026)
Welcome to Home & Away. It has been an eventful week by any measure, as even this partial list underscores:
· Elon Musk became the world’s first ex-trillionaire;
· Regime Change, the insider account of the second Trump administration, hit...
Defeat (June 18, 2026)
Welcome to Home & Away. The big news again is the Iran War, as we now have the memorandum of understanding (MOU) agreed to and signed by the United States and Iran. Here are the main provisions:
-- The two governments have committed to an...
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