This Orthodox church, located in my hometown of Khiam in southern Lebanon, was one of four churches in the area and had a history of over 130 years. It was damaged in the war in 2024 and had been under restoration ever since. Now, it is gone.

@marklevinshow This is a piece of moldy bread. It will get more likes than your post.

While Israel chanted that Iran was violating "international law," it simultaneously blew up a major bridge connecting southern Lebanon and Beirut. This direct and illegal attack on civilian infrastructure will cause a humanitarian disaster.

“Distributive justice does not take away wealth from adventurers who earn their honor through their own efforts, but rather keeps the probability of them losing their wealth at an extremely high level.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

2/ I waited ten years to vent my frustrations about Susan Sontag. I might occasionally make sarcastic remarks about someone who has just passed away, but I'll soon regret it.

We are in a historical period in which wars modeled on annihilation and the extermination of a nation are being promoted.

Trump on Mueller's death: "I'm glad he's dead." "A mortuis nihil nisi bene." An honest person never speaks ill of the dead. But we all know that, apart from his inability to understand war, Trump is simply not an honest person.

I hope that all our bishops and cardinals can have the same courage and moral boldness as Cardinal Pizabala in speaking the truth without fear.

@shashj, have you apologized for this? Or explain why you lied about having "firsthand evidence"? This is not a minor mistake. The horrific lie about the beheading of Israeli babies has been used to justify the massacre of countless Palestinian babies.

In 1973, an oil embargo lasted five months, leading to a decade-long period of stagflation. At that time, the world was not yet globalized, and goods were mainly sourced locally. 1) Today, the energy content of products around you is far higher than in 1973. 2) Western countries are burdened by excessive debt, making it difficult to curb stagflation.