Wednesday, May 27, 2026

So in the coming weeks, if the Mets fan in your life remains irrationally optimistic, please just smile and nod and let us have this moment. Save your pity, your memes and your concern for our sanity, and just leave us be. And if you simply can’t resist, get your jokes in now. Because when it actually happens — when the Mets stop losing, make the playoffs, then win the World Series and shock the world — you know I’m never going to shut up about it.

 

The Only People I Don’t Want to Hear From Are Yankees Fans

Mr. Gordon is the author of “So Many Ways to Lose: The Amazin’ True Story of the New York Mets — the Best Worst Team in Sports.”



Trump and his clown-car team did none of that. Yes, they brought immense military force to bear and damaged Iran’s nuclear and conventional military capabilities. Those are very good things. And if Trump can get the near bomb-grade uranium out, that would be an even better thing. But his supporters shouldn’t fool themselves or our allies: Even if he achieves those things, we will now have to pay for them by giving one of the world’s worst regimes a new lease on life, a permanent stranglehold over critical world oil supplies — and the resources to continue making terrible mischief in the region.

 

It’s Crow, Mr. Trump, Not Lobster


Opinion Columnist

Saturday, May 23, 2026

Ukraine is shifting warfare from multimillion dollar rockets to thousand dollar drones and exposes the Pentagon's shortcomings

 

How the War in Iran Helped Ukraine Go From Problem to Solution



The Middle East quagmire has given Kyiv an unexpected lifeline—and a new hand to play


May 22, 2026 8:00 pm ET




Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is taking on a problem that the Pentagon and Congress have tried, and mostly failed, to address for years.




President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly toured the Gulf in recent months, sending some 200 troops to showcase Ukrainian drone-interception technologies and to ink deals that could lead to investment and co-production. This followed the establishment of Ukrainian drone-manufacturing plants across Europe earlier this year, and the growing adoption of Ukrainian military innovation by Western militaries, particularly in Europe.

“Our technological game-changers have transformed the war. There is now a shift from seeing Ukraine as just a recipient of aid, as a consumer of security, to viewing it as a subject, a contributor to security,” Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister Mariana Betsa said in an interview. “Ukraine has shown leadership not just in the war against Russia, but also in the global conflict that now involves the Middle East.”