The Floutist
Subscribe
Sign in
Home
Palestinian Voices
West Bank Alerts
Archive
About
“Our souls, where are they?”
If we are to find a path forward beyond our present crises, the one within and the one without, we must know this first.
Jan 19
•
Patrick Lawrence
36
9
9
“Empire at home.”
Tyranny behind masks.
Jan 14
•
Cara MariAnna
21
1
4
“Empire at home.”
Tyranny behind masks.
Jan 14
•
Cara MariAnna
16
1
3
Most Popular
View all
“The evils of ‘lesser evilism.’”
Oct 27, 2024
59
14
8
"Autumn of the patriarchs."
Oct 26, 2023
•
Patrick Lawrence
59
41
4
"The tyranny of American happiness."
Sep 17, 2024
•
Patrick Lawrence
59
9
6
“Darkness descending.”
Jul 20, 2025
•
Patrick Lawrence
53
8
11
“Free speech and its enemies.”
Dec 29, 2025
•
Patrick Lawrence
47
9
9
"Fire and ice."
Apr 15, 2024
•
Patrick Lawrence
49
15
6
Latest
Top
Discussions
“Winter blankets for refugee children.”
A brief appeal to our subscribers and readers.
Jan 12
•
Patrick Lawrence
20
8
“‘An abyss of lawlessness.’”
Post–Gaza, post–Venezuela, ours is a world ruled by power alone.
Jan 9
•
Patrick Lawrence
43
9
10
“The coup.”
It's No. 19. Aggression of this kind against another people always fails.
Jan 5
•
Patrick Lawrence
49
8
9
“A New Year's message from the West Bank.”
‘Love from the land of war and pain.’
Dec 31, 2025
•
Cara MariAnna
24
3
5
“Free speech and its enemies.”
Defending it is our urgent task in the year to come, speech itself our instrument.
Dec 29, 2025
•
Patrick Lawrence
47
9
9
“After the first 70,669 deaths, there is no other.”
Bondi Beach reconsidered.
Dec 21, 2025
•
Patrick Lawrence
52
16
16
“Trump and ‘the end of history.’”
The regime's project is to destroy all alternative visions of the future.
Dec 13, 2025
•
Patrick Lawrence
51
52
14
See all
The Floutist
Commentary and essays on world affairs, politics, culture, and media.
Subscribe
Recommendations
The Chris Hedges Report
Chris Hedges
American Exception
Aaron Good
The Floutist
Subscribe
About
Archive
Recommendations
Sitemap
This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please
turn on JavaScript
or unblock scripts
