Strait Gangsterism

We are the pirates now. Turn any article into a podcast. Upgrade now to start listening. Members can share articles with friends & family to bypass the paywall. Iran is being swept by a wave of nationalism, while the United States is being swept by a wave of explosive diarrhea—do you ever get the feeling that Hegelian capital-H History is laughing at you? In a war with a filthy little junta in Tehran, Donald Trump has managed to make the United States of America the bad guy. Kevin D. Williamson is national correspondent at The Dispatch and is based in Virginia. Prior to joining the company in 2022, he spent 15 years as a writer and editor at National Review, worked as the theater critic at the New Criterion, and had a long career in local newspapers. He is also a writer in residence at the