Sohrab Ahmari
@sohrabahmari.bsky.social
US Editor, UnHerd.
Writing my next book, on the triumph for normal, for HarperCollins.
Writing my next book, on the triumph for normal, for HarperCollins.
I share this concern with @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, especially when it comes to the idolatry of race and ethnos entering the church.
And in my own communion, Catholicism, I see some essentially constructing a national Right-wing church whose starting point is suspicion of the popes.
And in my own communion, Catholicism, I see some essentially constructing a national Right-wing church whose starting point is suspicion of the popes.
October 20, 2025 at 1:32 AM
I share this concern with @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social, especially when it comes to the idolatry of race and ethnos entering the church.
And in my own communion, Catholicism, I see some essentially constructing a national Right-wing church whose starting point is suspicion of the popes.
And in my own communion, Catholicism, I see some essentially constructing a national Right-wing church whose starting point is suspicion of the popes.
(A) we actually had *far less* money than that! Our starting cash was $1M. And (b) we'd never publish a sentence as hideous as the highlighted:
August 19, 2025 at 5:04 PM
(A) we actually had *far less* money than that! Our starting cash was $1M. And (b) we'd never publish a sentence as hideous as the highlighted:
Londoners: Catch me and Lord Glasman in conversation, on how to avert dystopia.
When: Sun, Sept. 21, at noon.
Where: Hampstead Heath.
Part of the HowTheLightGetsIn festival (also feat. Terry Eagleton, John Gray, Brian Cox, Martha Fiennes, Cathy Newman, Ash Sarkar, John Mearsheimer + many more).
When: Sun, Sept. 21, at noon.
Where: Hampstead Heath.
Part of the HowTheLightGetsIn festival (also feat. Terry Eagleton, John Gray, Brian Cox, Martha Fiennes, Cathy Newman, Ash Sarkar, John Mearsheimer + many more).
August 11, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Londoners: Catch me and Lord Glasman in conversation, on how to avert dystopia.
When: Sun, Sept. 21, at noon.
Where: Hampstead Heath.
Part of the HowTheLightGetsIn festival (also feat. Terry Eagleton, John Gray, Brian Cox, Martha Fiennes, Cathy Newman, Ash Sarkar, John Mearsheimer + many more).
When: Sun, Sept. 21, at noon.
Where: Hampstead Heath.
Part of the HowTheLightGetsIn festival (also feat. Terry Eagleton, John Gray, Brian Cox, Martha Fiennes, Cathy Newman, Ash Sarkar, John Mearsheimer + many more).
This vile motherfucker.
July 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This vile motherfucker.
Yesterday: Druze minority rights!
Today:
Today:
July 17, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Yesterday: Druze minority rights!
Today:
Today:
Elon's bigotry combined with his increasingly erratic personality are actively undermining his firms, no?
Set aside the morality: Purely as a demonstration of xAI capability, the below is appalling.
Set aside the morality: Purely as a demonstration of xAI capability, the below is appalling.
July 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Elon's bigotry combined with his increasingly erratic personality are actively undermining his firms, no?
Set aside the morality: Purely as a demonstration of xAI capability, the below is appalling.
Set aside the morality: Purely as a demonstration of xAI capability, the below is appalling.
Elon's openly Nazi AI is something out of a Philip K. Dick nightmare.
July 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Elon's openly Nazi AI is something out of a Philip K. Dick nightmare.
Really hard-hitting stuff.
Sourced --- by the paper of record --- to one of the creepy neo-eugenicists I've spent recent years fighting.
Sourced --- by the paper of record --- to one of the creepy neo-eugenicists I've spent recent years fighting.
July 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Really hard-hitting stuff.
Sourced --- by the paper of record --- to one of the creepy neo-eugenicists I've spent recent years fighting.
Sourced --- by the paper of record --- to one of the creepy neo-eugenicists I've spent recent years fighting.
“In many respects, democratic socialism was and is close to Catholic social doctrine and has, in any case, made a remarkable contribution to the formation of a social consciousness.”
--- Pope Benedict XVI
--- Pope Benedict XVI
June 25, 2025 at 2:18 AM
“In many respects, democratic socialism was and is close to Catholic social doctrine and has, in any case, made a remarkable contribution to the formation of a social consciousness.”
--- Pope Benedict XVI
--- Pope Benedict XVI
@mattduss.bsky.social and I have spent our careers on opposite sides of the aisle.
Yet we're united in our horror at yet another forever war in the Middle East.
Our Washington Post op-ed.
Yet we're united in our horror at yet another forever war in the Middle East.
Our Washington Post op-ed.
June 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
@mattduss.bsky.social and I have spent our careers on opposite sides of the aisle.
Yet we're united in our horror at yet another forever war in the Middle East.
Our Washington Post op-ed.
Yet we're united in our horror at yet another forever war in the Middle East.
Our Washington Post op-ed.
This was Iran's prime minister before the 1979 revolution. She was executed by the Grand Ayatollah al-Shatneri.
This is what the Muslim Brotherhood took away from us.
This is what the Muslim Brotherhood took away from us.
June 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This was Iran's prime minister before the 1979 revolution. She was executed by the Grand Ayatollah al-Shatneri.
This is what the Muslim Brotherhood took away from us.
This is what the Muslim Brotherhood took away from us.
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Online Right: There's a lone Indian guy taking a call in the middle of nowhere. Britannia has fallen.
Absolutely nobody:
Online Right: There's a lone Indian guy taking a call in the middle of nowhere. Britannia has fallen.
May 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Nobody:
Absolutely nobody:
Online Right: There's a lone Indian guy taking a call in the middle of nowhere. Britannia has fallen.
Absolutely nobody:
Online Right: There's a lone Indian guy taking a call in the middle of nowhere. Britannia has fallen.
Exhibit A in how mainstream media contribute to what I’ve called the “epistemic snap” on the Right, whereby populist voters increasingly discount everything they see from the media.
If you are worried by the rise of podcast crackpots and gym-bro anti-Semites, STOP DOING THIS.
If you are worried by the rise of podcast crackpots and gym-bro anti-Semites, STOP DOING THIS.
May 19, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Exhibit A in how mainstream media contribute to what I’ve called the “epistemic snap” on the Right, whereby populist voters increasingly discount everything they see from the media.
If you are worried by the rise of podcast crackpots and gym-bro anti-Semites, STOP DOING THIS.
If you are worried by the rise of podcast crackpots and gym-bro anti-Semites, STOP DOING THIS.
"The viewpoints [of the poor] . . . are vital if we are to see the world through God’s eyes. Those born and raised far from the centers of power should not merely be taught the Church’s social doctrine; they should also be recognized as carrying it forward." --- Pope Leo XIV
May 19, 2025 at 8:46 AM
"The viewpoints [of the poor] . . . are vital if we are to see the world through God’s eyes. Those born and raised far from the centers of power should not merely be taught the Church’s social doctrine; they should also be recognized as carrying it forward." --- Pope Leo XIV
The Cross I’m prepared to bear is the one that (a) feeds my fevered fantasy life and (b) is unlikely to ever actually be laid on my shoulders, given, you know, reality.
May 19, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The Cross I’m prepared to bear is the one that (a) feeds my fevered fantasy life and (b) is unlikely to ever actually be laid on my shoulders, given, you know, reality.
“Then he drew close to me and hugged me tightly; he gave me a kiss on the face. My head was against his chest, and his arms welcomed me. He hugged me tight, tight.”
April 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
“Then he drew close to me and hugged me tightly; he gave me a kiss on the face. My head was against his chest, and his arms welcomed me. He hugged me tight, tight.”
MAGA media have come to resemble those late-night AM-radio shows where one host says to another (apparently in earnest):
“Well, you know, about 65 percent of so-called humans are lizard-shaped star people.”
And the other replies, “Agree, but I’d put at it 68 percent.”
“Well, you know, about 65 percent of so-called humans are lizard-shaped star people.”
And the other replies, “Agree, but I’d put at it 68 percent.”
March 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
MAGA media have come to resemble those late-night AM-radio shows where one host says to another (apparently in earnest):
“Well, you know, about 65 percent of so-called humans are lizard-shaped star people.”
And the other replies, “Agree, but I’d put at it 68 percent.”
“Well, you know, about 65 percent of so-called humans are lizard-shaped star people.”
And the other replies, “Agree, but I’d put at it 68 percent.”
Pledging to protect entitlements and courting organized labor, Republicans looked poised to remake US politics to their advantage—for a generation.
Maybe they’ll still pull it off.
But like a dog returning to its vomit, they can’t resist ghoulish austerity and C-suite agendas.
Maybe they’ll still pull it off.
But like a dog returning to its vomit, they can’t resist ghoulish austerity and C-suite agendas.
March 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Pledging to protect entitlements and courting organized labor, Republicans looked poised to remake US politics to their advantage—for a generation.
Maybe they’ll still pull it off.
But like a dog returning to its vomit, they can’t resist ghoulish austerity and C-suite agendas.
Maybe they’ll still pull it off.
But like a dog returning to its vomit, they can’t resist ghoulish austerity and C-suite agendas.
LOL, did you see this? This was reported in major mainstream outlets across the spectrum. "Data!"
January 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
LOL, did you see this? This was reported in major mainstream outlets across the spectrum. "Data!"
For years, I’ve largely refrained from commenting on Catholic Church affairs. The Church’s culture wars are a tragedy. I adore the Holy Father and don’t criticize the prelacy.
But folks, this is the Jubilee Cross installed at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow.
Come on. COME ON.
But folks, this is the Jubilee Cross installed at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow.
Come on. COME ON.
December 30, 2024 at 11:43 PM
For years, I’ve largely refrained from commenting on Catholic Church affairs. The Church’s culture wars are a tragedy. I adore the Holy Father and don’t criticize the prelacy.
But folks, this is the Jubilee Cross installed at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow.
Come on. COME ON.
But folks, this is the Jubilee Cross installed at St Andrew’s Cathedral in Glasgow.
Come on. COME ON.
I wrote this for The New Statesman in August, on how Trump's new closeness with Silicon Valley barons was in tension with his populist impulses.
Note the bit on immigration.
Note the bit on immigration.
December 28, 2024 at 7:56 PM
I wrote this for The New Statesman in August, on how Trump's new closeness with Silicon Valley barons was in tension with his populist impulses.
Note the bit on immigration.
Note the bit on immigration.
Et homo factus est.
Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas to all!
December 25, 2024 at 3:54 PM
Et homo factus est.
Merry Christmas to all!
Merry Christmas to all!
Here’s a fake abstract I wrote for a grievance-studies paper back in 2012. This was a sort of parlor game among my group of friends.
PhDone!
PhDone!
December 2, 2024 at 6:34 PM
Here’s a fake abstract I wrote for a grievance-studies paper back in 2012. This was a sort of parlor game among my group of friends.
PhDone!
PhDone!
Thanks to the POLITICO friend who arranged this Playbook love. You know who you are.
November 27, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Thanks to the POLITICO friend who arranged this Playbook love. You know who you are.