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What It Felt Like to Face Combat in the Middle East
[The following article is adapted from Mark Hertling’s 'If I Don’t Return: A Father’s Wartime Journal', published earlier this week. The book, which he recently discussed on The Bulwark Podcast with Tim Miller, is drawn from journal entries Hertling wrote when deployed. You can order the book from
The Kurds Won’t Solve the Iran Problem
FOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS, when American presidents have wanted to put pressure on leader in Iraq or Iran, the same idea has consistently popped up: Use the Kurds. Now, as the Trump administration seeks “unconditional surrender” …
🚨OVERTIME🚨
Happy Saturday! I spent last evening with Martin Sheen and the Cincinnati Pops, performing Peter Boyer’s American Mosaic. Highly recommend.
Both Boyer and Joe Sohm, whose visual work was featured, were in attendance, making the evening all the more special—led by the effervescent John Morris Russell in celebration of America’s 250th. The recording will be released at a later date. You can stream it for free tomorrow afternoon, in fact! Want a sizzle?
March Madness is here… And boy am I glad I missed the first half of the SLU-GW game! Want to enter the Overtime bracket competition? Let’s see who has the best picks!
The Last Republican… The long-awaited Adam Kinzinger documentary is free to watch. I know nobody likes reliving January 6th, but it is important. Watch it. Share it.
The first AI election is here… Phil Edwards explains.
A Second Heart… Twenty-One Years of Borrowed Time and Earned Life, by Dave Kitzinger.1
IN SEARCH OF BANKSY… “The British street artist’s identity has been debated, and closely guarded, for decades. A quest to solve the riddle took Reuters from a bombed-out Ukrainian village to London and downtown Manhattan — and uncovered much more than a name.” At Reuters, an impressive investigation by Simon Gardner, JamesPearson, and Blake Morrison.
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Thank you, Jim
Thank you, Bulwark team! You all are the best! Keeping us informed and sane in these wild times.