The Week in Blob

Israel’s Iran escalation, Max Boot’s militant feminism, Sputnik lands in India, etc.

Bibi and the Blob

Israel’s attack this week on an Iranian nuclear site might at first seem to have been counterproductive; Iran responded by announcing that it will start enriching uranium to 60 percent, which would move it closer to the 90 percent weapons-grade threshold. But Israel’s motivation seems to have been less about setting back Iran’s nuclear …