By Jake 23 April 2026 A screenshot from the CFR's Global Conflict Tracker this morning. It is frustrating to be jerked back and forth by news with the feeling that I can’t do anything. Announcements, leaks, interviews, and misleading headlines compete for my attention, and my distracted brain gives in far too many times. But even if these headlines or announcements are speaking to things I care about deeply, like global peace efforts and the sanctity of human life, I doubt that the media...

By Jake 19 March 2026 Mourners accompany the body of Muhammad Bani Odeh, 5, at the funeral for four members of the Odeh family who were killed by Israeli security forces in Tammun, West Bank. (Associated Press) The war we feared has come, and despite promises of a short operation, the conflict’s scale only grows. The global energy economy will feel the impact of burning oil fields and blocked trade routes for years, but too much of the media coverage, especially in America, has been about...

By Jake 27 February 2025 Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon last month. As the world focuses on the newest potential conflict between Iran and the United States, the existing conflict risks fading into the background. American media has completely failed to keep the public updated, assuming that the imperfect deals where Hezbollah and Hamas agreed to disarm would be the end of the story. It is naive to think so, and the hardliners in the Islamic militias as well as the war hawks in the Israeli...