Patrick Lawrence: The Sound of Enforced Silence
Is there some connection, — not quite official but it may as well be— between censorship and presidential politics? I pose the question as a survivor of the Russiagate years, when illiberal liberals started talking about “free-speech absolutists,” and when…
Patrick Lawrence: Zelensky’s Misadventures in Kursk
It has been three weeks since ground units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine crossed into the Kursk province in southwestern Russia, surprising — or maybe not surprising — the U.S. and its clients in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization….
“‘All due respect.'”
News from the West Bank. It gives me great pleasure to inform you that I deposited the final donations for the al–Mughayyir kindergarten playground into an account with Nonviolence International. It will go directly to our partners in the West…
Patrick Lawrence: Israel Runs the U.S. No, the U.S. Runs Israel. No, Wait …
That deranged speech Bibi Netanyahu delivered to a joint session of Congress last month: I cannot get it entirely out of my mind. It did not change anything — neither the Israeli prime minister nor his hosts seem to desire…
“Al–Mughayyir begins to build its playground.”
Please help us cross the funding finish line. The al–Mughayyir kindergarten fundraiser has raised just over $6,000, I am pleased to report. It is enough to begin breaking ground. This afternoon I deposited the money raised so far into an…
Patrick Lawrence: The Murder of Ismail Haniyeh
Some reflections, written urgently in response to the urgency of the moment, on the assassination early Tuesday of Ismail Haniyeh. The 62–year-old chairman of Hamas’s Politburo, murdered during an official visit to Iran, was the organization’s chief negotiator in talks…
“West Bank update.”
My al–Mughayyir kindergarten fundraiser. I am happy to report that the al–Mughayyir kindergarten GoFundMe campaign has raised $3,955 since I launched it less than one week ago. That amount will fully cover the cost of new playground equipment for the…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Wreckage Biden Leaves
A lightweight when it came time to prove himself as a statesman and a leader, the White House has simply defeated him. “BIDEN DROPS OUT OF 2024 RACE” was the banner headline across The New York Times’s digital front page Sunday….
Patrick Lawrence: Gaza, We Cannot Remain Silent Any Longer
I do not know how it is in your household, but in mine we have developed the practice over the past nine months of reciting to one another the most appalling of the news bulletins from Gaza that come our…
PATRICK LAWRENCE: James Baldwin at 100
Things got lost in our remembrances. James Baldwin would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Aug. 2, had he lived so long. He didn’t: He died young. He was but 63 on Dec. 1, 1987, the day he slipped away at…