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Another Victoria Smith scorcher. Enjoy! unherd.com/newsroom/its-s…

With its histrionic examples, and indifference to the views of others, decriminalising abortion could soon undermine the wider right to choose. It’s as foolish as self-ID, writes Kathleen Stock 👇buff.ly/4mc8esk

Trump’s base sees military intervention as incompatible with ‘America First’. Will strikes on Iran unravel his coalition? Emily Jashinsky 👇 buff.ly/xjZGGiu

‘It was then, and remains to this day, a metric not only of American fear but of American aggression.’ Fifty years on, Frederick Kaufman rewatches ‘Jaws’👇buff.ly/wAGmS86

Even basic textbooks explain that China and Vietnam are historical enemies. So why did the CIA fear that Ho Chi Minh was a Maoist stooge? Edward N Luttwak 👇buff.ly/l4WvFMx

According to Ted Cruz, regime change only requires a popular uprising. The people of Iraq and Afghanistan might have something to say about that. Christopher de Bellaigue 👇buff.ly/QJU303z

'He’s the Machiavelli of moderation.' Rahm Emanuel just upheld the status quo, argues Ryan Zickgraf 👇 buff.ly/WswkYRP

'Trump's defenestration of every GOP candidate in 2016 was heavily dependent on his criticism of post-9/11 interventionism.' Emily Jashinsky on how the President risks alienating his base 👇 buff.ly/xjZGGiu


'If you couldn’t beat the neocons, his logic seemed to go, you might as well become them.' Ryan Zickgraf on the Democrat testing the presidential waters 👇 buff.ly/WswkYRP

‘According to Leadbeater’s bill, the applicant can go through the entire assessment process and reach his final destination with no professional ever asking him why he wants to die.’ Read Kathleen Stock on Westminster’s obsession with death 👇buff.ly/hcHv1Kv

‘Most people understand that Israelis are allies fighting for their lives, and are not Vietnamese, Afghans and Iraqis out to get what they can.’ Edward N Luttwak 👇buff.ly/l4WvFMx


'Today, MPs voted by 314 votes to 291 in favour of the principle that there are some lives which are not worth living.' Yuan Yi Zhu 👇 buff.ly/SXmtB84

‘At the film’s first screening in Dallas, the audience cheered and screamed — and one of them vomited.’ Read Frederick Kaufman on 50 years of ‘Jaws’👇buff.ly/wAGmS86

‘Opposition activists fling accusations at each other with a violence and coarseness I have never witnessed in the Iranian public discourse.’ Iranians are now at war with each other. Christopher de Bellaigue 👇buff.ly/QJU303z

'Legislating for death seems to be the last frontier of progressive politics, the last taboo to be broken.' Kim Leadbeater’s bill has been marred by chilling indifference, writes Yuan Yi Zhu 👇 buff.ly/SXmtB84

'The ideological breakdown of this decision is depressing, because it moves the issue into the realm of abortion: legal in some states and illegal in others.' Lisa Selin Davis on this week's Supreme Court trans ruling 👇 buff.ly/a2RwjHZ

To desperate Democrats who have an exceedingly thin bench, Emanuel looks like a grownup. To everyone else he seems like the reason they stopped voting, writes Ryan Zickgraf 👇 buff.ly/WswkYRP

This week's US Supreme Court decision is far from the end of 'gender-affirming care' for minors. Opposition still falls along partisan lines, writes Lisa Selin Davis 👇 buff.ly/a2RwjHZ