Mark I. Pinsky

Mark I. Pinsky is a journalist and author, most recently, of Met Her on the Mountain.

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You beat us in futball Türkiye ? No F-35s for you!

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An old novel title resonates: “A Confederacy of Dunces.”

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Apart from the fact that it is wholly without merit, the chief reason why the Kristof suit will never see a jury (or a settlement conference): Discovery. Look it up.

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Will someone please explain to those who claim views they disagree create a “toxic environment” what previous SCOTUS have described as “the heckler’s veto?”

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Wondering if anyone at Sunday’s prayer festival on the DC Mall will attempt to walk on the water at the Reflecting Pool — if the paint job is done.

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Kristof col.: Another day, another atrocity

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Forget, hell! Why don’t they call it what it is—KuKluxKlandymander?

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When will future federal pardon rates go up on EBay?

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Somewhere, again, Roger Taney is smiling down at the Supine Court

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This just in: RFK JR sends leeches to areas hit by measles outbreaks

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The Gospel According to Paula White Cain, the Grifter’s Bible: “Thus Spake Jesus: ‘Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards.’” Amen. See my articles on PWVin Orlando magazine, Orlando Weekly, Jewish Daily Forward

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“Never fight a land war in Asia.” Douglas MacArthur. The day American boots land on the Iran mainland is one we will rue.

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Somewhere, Curtis LeMay is smiling

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The gold coin should be worth $3

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If dyslexia is a disqualifyer for the White House, what about illiteracy? (Watching TV doesn’t count)

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Iran Update: Maybe now would be a good time to dust off Pete Seeger’s “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy.”

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Next up: DOJ launches criminal investigation of editorial cartoonists?

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For there to be regime change in Iran many people will have to kill each other at close quarters. For context, see the casualty figures and duration of the Iran-Iraq War (which we prolonged for our own cynical purposes)

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Iran & the limits of an air campaign: “A revolution is not a dinner party. It is an act of violence by which one class overthrows another.” (Chinese agrarian reformer)

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If the largely unarmed Iranian opposition does rise against the IRGC, a key question will be whether the U.S. and Israel will provide them with close air support