When it comes to the great and near-great powers, there are no good guys.

The controversy stirred up by Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s vote to fund Israel’s “Iron Dome” missile defense system and his meeting with the repulsive Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett raises questions about the posture of the US Left towards Palestinian liberation, Zionism and anti-Semitism.

Modern monetary theory: what it is, where it comes from, who supports it, and how to separate the economic theory from political rhetoric.