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Crossing Faiths
★★★★★ ★★★★★ 4.9 via 22 ratings in Apple Podcasts and Spotify Crossing Faiths is a podcast where people from diverse religious backgrounds openly discuss everything you’re NOT supposed to discuss at the dinner table. Join hosts Jt Pinna, a career national security, international affairs, and D.C. insider, and Elliot Toman, a former media director in the Evangelical church, as they engage in lively conversations about the impact of faith on current events.
The Two Ways to Win in Iran
The Two Ways to Win in Iran A month into the war with Iran, many Americans are wondering how it will end. As public support declines, President Trump himself is no doubt asking the same question. Read Full Article »
The Truth about Christians in Israel
Editors’ Pick February 26, 2026 The country’s most educated population is now embracing army service. Led by Tucker Carlson, a campaign—perhaps coordinated, perhaps simply the effect of online virality—is underway to portray Israel as a persecutor of Christians. Its purpose is to convince evangelicals, conservative Catholics, and other American Christians that support for the Jewish state is contrary to their values and an affront to their coreligionists.
Management of Nodular Coronary Calcium
Despite marked advances in care, coronary heart disease remains a principal cause of morbidity and mortality in the United States.1 Advanced calcified lesions, including calcified nodules (CNs), play an increasingly recognized role in both stable coronary disease and acute coronary syndrome (ACS).2 Advanced coronary artery calcification has previously been shown to be an independent predictor of suboptimal percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outcomes, with higher rates of death,...
Tomago Aluminium Smelter - Another Rescue Package For Large Energy Consumers
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Discovering Regional Specialties Is the Best Part of Travelling!
One of the great pleasures of International travel is discovering unique and delicious regional specialties. Sadly, these wonderful local foods are often hard to find when you return home. Three favorite dishes stand out in my memory. If you’re lucky enough to find them where you live, give them a try! Sometimes called German pizza, this dish is actually a speciality of the Alsace-Lorraine region. In France the dish is called tarte flambée.
The End of the Internet
People have been predicting the “end of the Internet” for decades. Usually, it’s just noise. The Internet isn’t going to vanish into the void. But it is changing — and some of those changes are big, and sad. To me, the real Internet isn’t just Facebook, Amazon, or YouTube. It’s the constellation of small, independent websites built by passionate individuals. Sites about ancient coins. Obscure programming languages. Rare orchids. Forgotten bands.
The Co-Evolution of Dogs and Humans
For thousands of years, humans have selectively bred dogs to fulfill specific roles, ranging from guarding and hunting to herding and companionship. This deliberate shaping of traits has resulted in over 400 established dog breeds, along with countless "designer dogs" that combine desirable traits from multiple breeds. Each of these breeds exhibits distinct physical characteristics and behavioral tendencies (such as tracking, herding, and retrieving).
Why the Armenia-Azerbaijan Peace Deal May Never Materialize Without a U.S. Push
A few weeks ago, the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan announced they had finalized the text of a long-anticipated peace treaty, ostensibly ending decades of conflict. But while the announcement was quickly welcomed by international observers and widely reported as a breakthrough, a closer look reveals a more complicated — and troubling — picture. There is no signed treaty. No joint declaration. No public release of the full text.
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The Complex Legacy of California’s Missions
For generations, California’s 4th-grade curriculum has included a section on the state’s historic missions. Like many students decades ago, I was taught an idealized version of mission life—benevolent friars teaching and caring for happy Native Americans. I even built a model of a mission for a class project, and my parents took me to visit several, leaving me with fond childhood memories. But today, the narrative has shifted dramatically.
Dreaming the Dream of a Free Lebanon
The last time I saw Fawaz Najim alive was in Galilee, not far from St. Paul’s parents’ hometown. The first time I saw him was outside his apartment building in Israel’s northernmost city of Metula which abuts the Lebanese border. Fawaz was waiting outside in a t-shirt and orange Crocs, leisurely smoking a cigarette by the curb when we pulled up. Passersby might have figured him for a mechanic, but I knew better. Fawaz tossed his cigarette aside and embraced me as I got out of the car.
Is Just Statecraft Useful for Statecraft?
There’s probably some irony in the editor-at-large of Providence engaging in critiques of the just war tradition, the intellectual pillar of our magazine from day one. Yet I’ve critiqued that tradition in the past and will do so in the future, knowing that my colleagues understand the importance of the devil’s advocates. My main critique is this: The just war tradition is ancient and rich, but unhelpful for the real-world analysis and management of international affairs.
Applications of Electrical Load Modelling in Digital Twins of Power Systems
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A New Golden Age Starts with Restored American Sea Power
JEDDA, SAUDI ARABIA. Sitting on a rooftop overlooking the Red Sea, I’m more aware than ever that water controls the world. Yet for the first time in a long time, America doesn’t control the water. Read Full Article » Show comments Hide Comments Related Articles
A New Golden Age Starts with Restored American Sea Power
JEDDA, SAUDI ARABIA. Sitting on a rooftop overlooking the Red Sea, I’m more aware than ever that water controls the world. Yet for the first time in a long time, America doesn’t control the water. This thought hit me hard as I watched Donald Trump’s inaugural address on Monday, with its sweeping vision for US supremacy over everything from the Panama Canal to the surface of Mars.
The Misdirection of Settler Colonialism – Robert Nicholson
The Hamas invasion of Israel on October 7, 2023, has been called the bloodiest day for Jews since the Holocaust, “Israel’s 9/11,” and the opening salvo in a larger war. Astute observers have gone further, seeing the invasion and its aftermath—a spontaneous global intifada against Jews around the world—as the harbinger of something deeper and darker.
All Thanks to that Great and Glorious Being
There’s a lot of talk these days about saving America and defending the West, but few of our would-be defenders mention the one thing needed for our survival. This Thanksgiving it’s worth recalling what that thing is. For many Americans, and increasingly many Europeans, the answer is Christianity.
Argentina’s Javier Milei vs. United Nations
If you haven’t experienced the epic congestion of New York during United Nations week, count yourself lucky. If you have, you know the inverse correlation between the bedlam of the General Assembly’s annual meeting and the march of peace among men. Zoom into any traffic jam across the tristate area and you’ll find men and women cursing Franklin D. Roosevelt in every tongue.
Foreign Policy ProvCast Episode 83 | Reflections One Year After Oct. 7, 2023
The world looks very different a year after the Iran-orchestrated Hamas massacre of Oct. 7, 2023. With Israeli counterstrikes in Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, and Iran itself—and with hatred for Israel reaching an all-time high around the world—it’s worth asking what it all means. In this episode, Marc LiVecche talks with Providence’s co-founder and Editor-at-Large Robert Nicholson about the various dynamics shaping the conflict and how people of conscience can reckon with the paradoxes of war.
In Praise of Righteous Power Against Hezbollah
The assassination of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah is a cause for jubilation, and not just for Israelis. People of conscience everywhere can join Jews, Arabs, and Persians in rejoicing the death of a wicked man. The strike came on Friday evening as Nasrallah and his top aides gathered in a bunker 60 feet beneath a Beirut neighborhood to hatch their response to Israel’s ongoing decimation of their ranks.
Why War in Lebanon is Inevitable
I spent a lovely Friday evening this summer on a friend’s terrace in northern Israel drinking cardamom-scented coffee a few kilometers from the Lebanese border. With the sun low on the horizon and a Mediterranean breeze blowing in from the west, the scene was idyllic. Except, that is, for the Iranian missiles falling from the sky and the Israeli rockets flying up to stop them. It was a surreal moment.
Why War in Lebanon is Inevitable
I spent a lovely Friday evening this summer on a friend’s terrace in northern Israel drinking cardamom-scented coffee a few kilometers from the Lebanese border. With the sun low on the horizon and a Mediterranean breeze blowing in from the west, the scene was idyllic. Except, that is, for the Iranian missiles falling from the sky and the Israeli rockets flying up to stop them. It was a surreal moment.
These Are Not Barbarians
On July 24, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stood before a joint session of Congress to deliver a long-awaited speech to the American people. Within seconds, he made a surprising error. “We meet today at a crossroads of history,” Israel’s great leader began. “Our world is in upheaval. In the Middle East, Iran’s axis of terror confronts America, Israel and our Arab friends.” Orators love a dramatic opening, but this one felt appropriate.
Our Civilizational Moment
Vexed by the apocalyptic vibes of the last few months, I recently went back and re-read the controversial book Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Harvard political science professor Samuel Huntington. The book was controversial when it came out in the mid-nineties because Huntington, in a moment of post-Soviet euphoria, dared to doubt the universality of mankind and instead highlighted the enduring rifts that separate us. Three decades on, it’s uncanny how much he got right.
Preventing a ruinous war between Israel and Lebanon
We cannot know where the war will end that started last October between Israel and Iran’s terror proxy, Hamas. But the next theater is certain to be southern Lebanon, the stronghold of Iran’s older and more lethal ally, Hezbollah. Israel has responded to the killing of 12 Druze children in the Golan Heights, but not with a major military escalation. Tensions could yet spark a broader, bloodier regional war.
Opinion | A Judge From Uganda Sides With Israel
WSJ Opinion: Don't Blame Israel First Your browser does not support HTML5 video. 0:00 Paused 0:00 / 6:13 WSJ Opinion: Don't Blame Israel FirstPlay video: WSJ Opinion: Don't Blame Israel First In a gross miscarriage of justice that surprised no one, the main judicial body of the United Nations has attacked Jewish self-determination in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria.
What the Heck is Tex-Mex?
A Distinctive Cuisine Many people from the United States are not aware of the difference between Tex-Mex and Mexican food, but they are actually very distinct. Many things that people in the US think of as Mexican - including fajitas and chimichangas - actually originated in Texas. Texas was, of course, originally part of Mexico, and the people living there cooked and ate traditional Mexican food. Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845.
Gerald McDermott Rewrites the History of Everything
When physicists first discovered that light behaves as both a particle and a wave, they couldn’t believe it. The idea that light could take both forms at the same time was an impossible paradox, and over a century later physicists still can’t explain it. And yet we know that wave-particle duality, along with the other paradoxes of quantum mechanics, are true because they power our twenty-first century technology. We know they’re true because they work.
Can a Sex Coach Help You?
Is a Sex Coach Right for You? Most people will never work with a sex coach, despite the fact that many people could benefit from their services. That's because a lot of people don't know what a sex coach actually does, and therefore, they don't seek out coaching services. If you're hearing the term "sex coach" for the first time, it may sound scandalous or perhaps titillating, depending on your background and perspective. It may even conjure up lurid images from movies or stories.
Can a Sex Coach Help You?
Is a Sex Coach Right for You? Most people will never work with a sex coach, despite that fact that many people could benefit from their services. That's because people don't know what a sex coach does, and therefore they don't seek out coaching services. If you're hearing the term "sex coach" for the first time, it may sound scandalous, or perhaps titillating, depending on your background and perspective. It may even conjure up lurid images from movies or stories.
Machine learning identifies factors most associated with seeking medical care for migraine: Results of the OVERCOME (US) study
AMPP American Migraine Prevalence and Prevention Study AMS American Migraine Study ASC-12 Allodynia Symptom Checklist-12 CaMEO Chronic Migraine Epidemiology and Outcomes CI confidence interval ICHD-3 International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition LASSO Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator MIBS-4 Migraine Interictal Burden Scale-4 MIDAS Migraine Disability Assessment Scale MSQ-RFR Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire v2.1 Role-Function Restrictive MSSS...
The Holy Week Reader—Friday: Kavod! The Weight of Glory - Providence
And just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Religious Christians | SAPIR Journal
The groundswell of support for Hamas in cities across Europe and North America since October 7 is a wake-up call for anyone who cares about the future of the West. The problem isn’t just an emerging alliance between Islamists and progressives who seek the downfall of America and Israel. It’s the inability of Christians and Jews to muster a serious response. The solution isn’t more pro-Israel advocacy or better politics; it is a conscious return to our joint heritage in Jerusalem.
Countering Iranian Aggression in Jordan & Beyond
On January 28th, Iranian proxies killed three American soldiers and injured 22 others in a drone attack on an American base in northeastern Jordan, near the Syrian border. These are the first American lives lost so far in the broader Middle Eastern flare-up since October 7th. For comment on an appropriate American response, Providence reached out to Rebeccah Heinrichs, Robert Nicholson, and Gabriel Scheinmann.
A Decade of Buying Off Iran Has Failed » Mosaic
The evidence is overwhelming—from the far-reaching concessions made [by Washington to Tehran as part of the 2015 nuclear deal], failing to respond to Iranian attacks on U.S. forces, and Israel’s recent gestures toward Hamas, among other things—that containing, placating, or trying to “buy off” Iran and its terrorist proxies only embolden, entrench, and enrich them and incentivize their cruelty. Capitulation and excessive caution are seen as cowardice and a lack of resolve.
The Gaza War and American Jewry » Mosaic
The evidence is overwhelming—from the far-reaching concessions made [by Washington to Tehran as part of the 2015 nuclear deal], failing to respond to Iranian attacks on U.S. forces, and Israel’s recent gestures toward Hamas, among other things—that containing, placating, or trying to “buy off” Iran and its terrorist proxies only embolden, entrench, and enrich them and incentivize their cruelty. Capitulation and excessive caution are seen as cowardice and a lack of resolve.
The genocide happening right now
Few Americans are aware that at this very moment, 120,000 Armenian Christians are being starved to death by a blockade imposed by the Muslim-majority nation of Azerbaijan. Even fewer are aware of America’s historic role in standing up for Armenian Christians. Between 1894 and 1924, more than 1.5 million Armenian Christians were murdered by successive Turkish regimes, simply because of who they were and what they believed. There is no doubt that this murderous campaign was a genocide.
Ken Cuccinelli, Robert Nicholson, Tiffany Justice, Madison Miner, Sonja Shaw
On today’s program: Ken Cuccinelli, former Virginia Attorney General and former Acting Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security,reacts to news that the Biden administration is considering a “Remain in Texas” policy for illegal immigrants and unpacks a DHS grant pushing indoctrination on children in Montgomery County, MD.
ChatGPT versus Bing - Which Should You Believe?
Generative AI programs, including ChatGPT from OpenAI and Microsoft’s Bing Chat AI, offer users a powerful new way to obtain information. The programs use a conversational format, allowing users to ask questions in natural language, and providing responses in well written text form. I decided to test the programs by asking several very different questions. In each of the sections below, I list the question, the responses by each program, and my analysis.
ChatGPT: A Potentially Dangerous New Source of Misinformation
Recently, there has been a lot of talk about ChatGPT, from OpenAI[1], and its many capabilities. Certain portions of this article were generated by an artificial intelligence program. ChatGPT stands for "Chat Generative Pre-trained Transformer." It is an Artificial Intelligence program that generates human-like responses to text questions. Unlike a search engine, the AI tool doesn’t simply return a list of links for more information. Instead, it returns a detailed written answer to the question.
The Evangelical Christians Who Support American Jews Wherever Anti-Semitism Is Found » Mosaic
In the past twelve months alone, the U.S. and its allies have intercepted thousands of rifles, along with anti-tank missiles, surface-to-air missiles, ammunition, and much else, that Tehran was trying to smuggle by sea to its Houthi allies in Yemen. According to a recent report, the Biden administration is considering sending these armaments to Ukraine.
A hundred years of intransigence
Violence in the Holy Land is once again on the rise, and many commentators are blaming Israel’s new right-wing government and controversial Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the root cause of the violence is the ongoing refusal of Palestinian leaders to make peace with Israel, now for a whole century, and the path to peace is clear. Renewed tensions have been building in the land of Canaan for a few years, but reached a gruesome new milestone on Jan.
Lifetime history of an anxiety or depression disorder and adherence to medications used for the acute treatment of migraine
Abstract Objective In this secondary analysis of mobile health headache diary data, we evaluated the relationship between adherence to medication used for the acute treatment of migraine and lifetime history of an anxiety or depression disorder. Background Medication non-adherence can produce poor clinical efficacy and may be associated with medication overuse.
A special relationship
The relationship between Jews and Christians has often been a fraught one. For too much of our history, Christians have treated Jews uncharitably, and sometimes persecuted them. Largely because of that history, the alliance between Christian Zionists and Jewish Zionists has been difficult for many to understand. Walter Russell Mead’s new book, The Arc of a Covenant (Knopf, 2022), reveals many of the forces that attract Christians to the Jewish state. Christian Zionism originates in the Reformation.
Protests bordering on revolution in Iran
The most important protests in over a decade are raging in the streets of Iran right now, and President Biden has a fleeting opportunity to affect the outcome. It’s not our job to topple all repressive foreign regimes, but it’s necessary at some point to recognize the citizens of a country who rise up to redefine their political system—especially a system as corrupt and violent as the Islamic Republic.
Discovering Regional Specialties is the Best Part of Travelling!
Robert is self-proclaimed "foodie" and an unrepentant carnivore. One of the great pleasures of International travel is discovering unique and delicious regional specialties. Sadly, these wonderful local foods are often hard to find when you return home. Three favorite dishes stand out in my memory. If you’re lucky enough to find them where you live, give them a try! Flammkuchen Sometimes called “German pizza,” this dish is actually a speciality of the Alsace-Lorraine region.
Two peoples, two states
President Biden’s visit to Jerusalem is now over, but it raised again the old question of peace in the Holy Land: Is the establishment of two states, one Jewish and one Arab, the best formula? Or is some kind of one-state solution—whether Jewish, Arab, or ethnically neutral—the better course of action?
Patient characteristics and treatment utilization among patients with migraine initiating self-injectable calcitonin gene-related peptide monoclonal antibody and novel acute medication: Current Medical Research and Opinion: Vol 38, No 8
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Finding the Right Dog Using an Online Breed Selector
Robert is a life-long dog-lover and the co-creator of Telemark's Guide to Dogs, an interactive CD-ROM filled with dog information & photos. Find the Right Dog for You! When adopting a dog, it’s very important to choose a breed that will fit your lifestyle and environment. For example, a breed with a strong “prey instinct” would not be a good choice if you have small children or other pets. A dog with a dense, fluffy coat would not be a good choice if you live in a very hot climate.
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