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Opinion by Dean Obeidallah (CNN) — Editor’s note: Dean Obeidallah, a former attorney, is the host of SiriusXM radio’s daily program “The Dean Obeidallah Show.” Follow him on Threads at www.threads.net/@deanobeidallah. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own. Read more opinion at CNN. When NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” announced that comedian and “SNL” alum Pete Davidson would be the

Analysis by Bryan Mena, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — The global economy is facing tremendous uncertainty from the war between Hamas and Israel in the Middle East, on top of the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Those conflicts don’t just threaten the regions where they’re unfolding; they may also fray the weakening interconnectedness that

Opinion by Richard Galant (CNN) — “We live in the first period in history in which there is such full awareness of cruelty and killing as they happen,” wrote British philosopher Jonathan Glover in 1999, at the end of a decade that saw genocidal killing in Rwanda and Bosnia and of a century that saw

CNN Opinion by Richard Galant (CNN) — “We live in the first period in history in which there is such full awareness of cruelty and killing as they happen,” wrote British philosopher Jonathan Glover in 1999, at the end of a decade that saw genocidal killing in Rwanda and Bosnia and of a century that

Analysis by Emiko Jozuka, Tetsu Sukegawa and Junko Ogura, CNN Tokyo, Japan (CNN) — Japan’s government on Friday asked a court to order the dissolution of the Unification Church branch in Japan following the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022. The government’s move comes after a months-long probe into the

Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — We have grown accustomed to sleepwalking through the dysfunction of modern Republican Party politics. Americans wake up to see another outlandish story of things having gone wrong in Washington and our response is to yell at our phones, nod our heads disapprovingly, shrug our shoulders and move on.

CNN Opinion by Julian Zelizer, CNN (CNN) — We have grown accustomed to sleepwalking through the dysfunction of modern Republican Party politics. Americans wake up to see another outlandish story of things having gone wrong in Washington and our response is to yell at our phones, nod our heads disapprovingly, shrug our shoulders and move

Analysis by Lisa Respers France, CNN (CNN) — Blame this week’s newsletter on McDonald’s french fries. I recently ordered some fries and reflected on the concept of supersizing. I wondered when the fast food giant first began offering the option to go bigger. Google to the rescue – it turns out that supersizing launched in

Analysis by Harry Enten, CNN (CNN) — You might have thought it was a Democrat who recently said that House Republicans were in the “same stupid clown car with a different driver.” And while I’m sure many Democrats feel that way, it was Republican Rep. Dusty Johnson who uttered that memorable phrase. The South Dakota

Opinion by Rachel Fish (CNN) — There are few spaces where words are more important than in higher education. Words are the tools to foster new ideas, drive knowledge and expand thinking. Academics understand better than most that words have meaning, and we must take that meaning seriously. So, it’s appalling to see so many

Opinion by John Avlon, CNN (CNN) — “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” Abraham Lincoln said in 1858. The House Republicans of 2023 seem determined to prove the value of the warning laid out by the first president from their party. It is a self-inflicted wound. After empowering the radical right wing, Republicans cannot

Opinion by Frida Ghitis (CNN) — With every passing day, we learn ever more horrifying details of what Hamas has perpetrated against Israeli civilians since last Saturday. Now that our notion of what can happen in this troubled corner of the world has been shaken, proving that the inconceivable can become reality, questions loom. Among them: Is there a way to

Analysis by Oliver Darcy, CNN (CNN) — The public is enveloped in the fog of war. As the world’s eyes remain fixated on the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas, viewers are being overwhelmed with dubious claims saturating the global discourse. Adding to the challenge of swimming through the heavily polluted information ocean is the

Opinion by Kara Alaimo (CNN) — With social networks flooded with content about atrocities happening in Israel and Gaza, schools around the world are warning parents about what their children might be seeing on social media. Some are calling for parents to remove social media apps, including Instagram and TikTok, from children’s phones, so they don’t see

Analysis by Stephen Collinson, CNN (CNN) — Donald Trump’s inflammatory and artless comments about Hamas’ horror in Israel emphasize the defining characteristic of his attitude toward foreign policy and his entire political world view: It’s all about him. Trump criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, lauded Hezbollah militants as “very smart” and sought political gain

Analysis by Tamara Qiblawi, CNN Marjeyoun, Lebanon (CNN) — The silence on Lebanon’s border with Israel is deafening. After five days of near constant crossfire between fighters in Lebanon and Israeli forces, the guns seem to have largely gone quiet. This remains one of the most important, and dangerous, fault lines in this volatile region.

Analysis by Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN (CNN) — When a company goes public it’s kind of like their bar mitzvah. They’ve reached adulthood and are ready to take responsibility for their actions. But a lot of companies that celebrated their “bar mitzvahs” lately are learning that adulting kind of sucks. Setting the scene The initial public

Opinion by S. Ilan Troen (CNN) — “Never again!” It was never supposed to have happened. But it has, and is. We are witnessing in real time a pogrom. We thought that the most extensive pogrom — the Holocaust — would mark the end of the terrible record of violence against Jews, just because they are Jews. Not so. A pogrom is

Opinion By Stephanie Griffith, CNN (CNN) — A kibbutz is more than a physical place and more than a form of cooperative living. Yulie Ben Ami says that the inhabitants of the Be’eri Kibbutz in southern Israel, where she lives, are more like extended family. Their strong bond continues, she says, even though they have been

Opinion by Don Lincoln (CNN) — On Saturday morning, a dragon will eat the sun. If you’re able, you should go outside and see it; it’ll be a dazzling spectacle. Such poetic descriptions of solar eclipses can be seen in some of the earliest astronomical records, penned by Chinese astronomers over 4,000 years ago. In