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Latest ArticlesIsrael's war against Iran is America's war, tooJune 18, 2025 • The Boston Globe
"If we are attacked in any way, shape, or form by Iran," he posted on social media, "the full strength and might of the United States Armed Forces will come down on you." Just a few hours later, the US embassy branch in Tel Aviv was damaged during an Iranian missile barrage targeting Israeli population centers. Ayatollah Khamenei, it seemed, was daring the American president to make good on his threat.
Ukraine the indomitableJune 8, 2025 • The Boston Globe THERE ARE few things in contemporary geopolitics more heartening — or more humbling — than watching Ukraine fight for its life.
All things considered, NPR should pay its own wayJune 1, 2025 • The Boston Globe NATIONAL PUBLIC Radio filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday, challenging President Trump's executive order directing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to stop funding NPR and PBS. In its complaint, NPR argues that since the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is neither a federal agency nor part of the executive branch, Trump cannot tell it to freeze spending Congress has approved. "The president has no authority under the Constitution to take such actions," the lawsuit said. "On the contrary, the power of the purse is reserved to Congress." NPR is absolutely right about that.
The real legacy of 'Napalm Girl'May 28, 2025 • The Boston Globe IT IS among the most harrowing images of the Vietnam War. On June 8, 1972, an Associated Press photographer took a picture of Vietnamese children running in terror from a napalm attack on the village of Trang Bàng. Formally titled "The Terror of War," the photograph is commonly known as "Napalm Girl" because of the arresting figure in the center: a naked 9-year-old girl named Kim Phuc Phan Thi, shrieking from the burns covering much of her body.
When it comes to promoting US values, Trump is no JFK or ReaganMay 25, 2025 • The Boston Globe
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