If Israel is not on the geographic frontier of the next great U.S. foreign-policy struggle, it is on the technological frontier, thanks to seeds planted long ago by the United States itself

To give a moral account of decision making is the ultimate act of ethical discourse

At some point, the fighting will end. What comes next?

“I am my own contradiction: a clean white button-down shirt and an M16 across my back. The clothes feel stranger than the rifle.”

“Our tradition insists we act responsibly, but with maximum urgency.”

“In what bizarro world are the victims of an undeniable war crime also the victims of erasure on college campuses across the United States?”

“It no longer serves us to be so buttoned-up, because American society is so much less buttoned-up.”

“This moral shattering did not happen overnight. It was years in the making.”

“Jews are our fellow citizens; they are our friends; they are our neighbors. And this is their home. But until they feel safe and accepted, it will never, in any complete sense, be home for anyone.”

“Yesterday, the nation mourned while I slept. Last night, they slept. I did not.”