From Ahura Mazda To Hormuz: What American Power Fails To See – OpEd
Tracing the origins of the Strait of Hormuz to ancient Persian cosmology reveals how U.S. foreign policy toward Iran turns
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Author: Martina Moneke
Martina Moneke writes about art, fashion, culture, and politics. In 2022, she received the Los Angeles Press Club's First Place Award for Election Editorials at the 65th Annual Southern California Journalism Awards. She is based in Los Angeles and New York.
Articles by Martina Moneke :
When War Becomes Content, We Feel Before We Understand – OpEd
Today’s war rhetoric is often dismissed as “childish,” likened to video games and online bravado. But the issue is not
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From Tehran To The World: What An Iran War Reveals About Global Fragility – OpEd
What happens when a regional conflict becomes a global stress test? A war with Iran could trigger cascading crises—from the
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Hollow Power: Why The Democrats’ Gains May Be Fragile – OpEd
Democrats are riding high in recent polls, but this surge may owe more to the current administration’s missteps than to
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Bring Back The Whigs: A Modest Proposal For An Emotionally Regulated Republic – OpEd
We have exhausted the future with our appetites. Maybe it’s time to resurrect the past—not for nostalgia’s sake, but because
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You Are A Dancer – OpEd
You don’t need skill, rhythm, or training to be a dancer—only a body that moves and the attention to notice
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Donald Trump, America’s Auditor: How One Leader Exposed Democracy’s Fault Lines – OpEd
What happens when a political outsider acts as an unsanctioned auditor of the system? Trump’s presidency exposes weaknesses in American
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Sovereignty Is A Sham: The Hypocrisy Of State Power Playing The Rules It Pretends To Follow – OpEd
World leaders claim to uphold sovereignty and international law while bending the rules to serve their own power. This is
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What Christmas Once Meant—And What It Could Mean Again For A Divided America – OpEd
Long before Christmas became a commercial spectacle, winter holidays carried a shared moral purpose: protecting the vulnerable, renewing social bonds,
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Homo Stultus: The Case For Renaming Ourselves – OpEd
Humanity’s self-designation as Homo sapiens—”wise man”—is a cruel irony: our arrogance toward nonhuman animals and the natural world marks us as Homo
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