Archive - It Can Always Get Worse

Speech and Genocide: The Rwanda Media Case

“Direct Incitement” Violates the Genocide Convention. “Hate Speech” Does Not, Nor is it Evidence of Genocidal Intent.

Aug 4 •

The Gray Lady and Gaza

The New York Times Has Not Had a Good War

Aug 1 •

July 2025

Can We Ever Know How Many People Were Killed in Rwanda?

Jul 26 •

Ensuring the Israeli Hostages in Gaza Are Not Forgotten

Omer Shem Tov, after surviving 505 days in HAMAS captivity, works to free those who remain.

Jul 25 •

The Alawi Massacres and the Question of Syrian State Responsibility

A Reuters investigation traces the chain of command to Damascus.

Jul 17 •

Roman-Arab Relations and the Arab Adoption of Monotheism Before Islam

Arab settlers and foederati in the Roman Empire from the fourth to seventh centuries

Jul 5 •

The “Peter Bergmann” Mystery

An Anglo-Irish Somerton Man, Except Nobody Seems to Be Interested

Jul 3 •

The Historicity of Islam’s First Caliph

In Search of Abu Bakr

Jul 1 •

June 2025

When “Revisionism” About Islam’s Origins Goes Wrong

The Strange Last Half-Hour of Dan Gibson’s ‘The Sacred City’ (2016).

Jun 26 •

Trump Puts Iran in its Place

Treating the Islamic Revolution as the surmountable challenge it is.

Jun 22 •

In a Surprise Move, Jihad is the Islamic State’s Recommendation for the Ten Days of Dhul Hijjah

Al-Naba 497 editorial.

Jun 16 •

Israel Seems to Be Serious About Disarming Iran

The first wave of the long-awaited Israeli strikes are encouragingly broad.

Jun 13 •

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