WORLD SUNDAY
Could Gay Marriage Reunite Ireland? - Francis Barry, Bloomberg View
Can the Islamic State Survive? - Ross Douthat, New York Times
3 Ways the U.S. and China Could Go to War - M. Auslin, The Commentator
China's 'Silk Road' to Nowhere - Angela Stanzel, ECFR
Hungary's Might-Be Literary Giant - Ryun Spaeth, The Week
Curtains for Australia's Economic Miracle? - Anthony Fensom, TNI
ISIS' Staggering Atrocities Against Women - David Mack, BuzzFeed
The Islamic State Just Hit Saudi Arabia - Economist
ISIS Victories Dispel Hope of a Swift Decline - Arango & Barnard, NY Times
Obama's Fecklessness on Islamic Terror - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
The Art of Avoiding War - Robert Kaplan, The Atlantic
Clinton's Compulsive Speechifying - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
If Hillary Falters, Why Not Joe? - Carl M. Cannon, Orange County Register
Rubio's Campaign Blueprint - Dan Balz, Washington Post
Driving Uber Mad - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
How the iPhone Crippled BlackBerry - Jacquie McNish & Sean Silcoff, WSJ
What Fuels the 'Rocket Man'? A Theory of Elon Musk - Will Oremus, Slate
Only Capitalism Can Save the Planet - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
Kaine's Quest for War Legitimacy - George Will, Washington Post
The Making of a Great Ex-President - Justin Vaughn, New York Times
Obama's Legacy: ISIS Rising, Economy Faltering - John Podhoretz, NY Post
What's Behind Big Science Frauds? - Adam Marcus & Ivan Oransky, NYT
Unquestionable Courage & Sacrifice - Salena Zito, Pitt Tribune-Review
What Vets Think about on Memorial Day - Staff Sgt. Luke Murphy, CNN
If Hamas Had A 'Breaking the Silence'... - Seth Frantzman, מידה
Obama Blames Iraqis for America's Failure - Max Boot, Commentary
Barack Obama Still Misunderestimates ISIL - J. M. Berger, Politico
The Leadership Gap in the West - Julianne Smith, Berlin Policy Journal
Press Statement Marie Harf on the Violence and Human Rights Violations in Mali - StateDept
Press Statement Marie Harf on the Europe and Eurasia: Russia's "Undesirables" Law - StateDept
The shahriyar gourgi Daily is out! Edition of 24 May 2015 - Paper.li
DEFENSE SUNDAY
Never Surrender the Language - James R. Holmes, RealClearDefenseNo proof that N. Korea Miniaturized nuclear Warheads - i-HLS
Burglars using drones - i-HLS
Veterans Frustrated by Debate on Iraq War - Santana, Associated Press
How al-Shabaab Turned Against its Foreign Fighters - Scahill, Intercept
Letters From an Army GI at Dachau - Steven Friess, The New Republic
Why Can't the WH Shut Up About Secret Raids? - Siegel, The Daily Beast
Sikorsky S-97 Raider Achieves First Flight - Joe Gould, Defense News
Stupid Pentagon Budget Tricks - Editorial Board, The New York Times
Why Did the Taliban Go to Tehran? - Farhad Peikar, The Guardian
Obama Cares Too Much About Israel - Eli Lake, Bloomberg View
Flags-In Ceremony Sets Stage at Arlington - Tibbetts, Stars & Stripes
A Gritty Look at Reporting the Vietnam War - Andersen Xia, Medill News
Political Ties Tip Balance on Rafale Deal - Pierre Tan, Defense News
The Enduring Legacy of the USS Samuel Roberts - Peniston, Defense One
The Day India Company Got Killed - Jimmy Breslin, The Daily Beast
Military and Civilians Increasingly Divided - Zucchino & Cloud, LA Times
IRAN DAILY NEWS SUNDAY
Iran News Round Up - May 22, 2015 - Critical Threats Project
Negotiator: Iran agrees 'managed access' to military sites - U.S. News & World Report
Iran Sets Conditions to Allow UN Inspection of Military Sites - Bloomberg
Our Man in Tehran Answers Your Questions About Iran - NYTimes
Iran's Omid Center Gives Hope to Abused Iranian Women and Girls - NBCNews
Mill Valley man struggles as brother heads to trial in Iran - San Francisco Chronicle (subscription)
Jason Rezaian faces trial in Iran - Editorial, WaPo
India-Iran strategic Chabahar port to be operational by December 2016 - indiatvnews.com (press release) (blog)
OPEC unlikely to change output ceiling: Iran - The Daily Star
Iran sends troops to help retake key Iraqi oil refinery from Isis - The Guardian
Iran Shahed Docks in Djibouti - Stratfor
Iranian Aid Boat For Yemen Offloaded - RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Drones, Rockets Employed in 2nd Stage of Iranian Army's War Game - Tasnim News Agency (press release)
Iran Army stages major missile drills - Tehran Times
Me, Myself and Iran - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
RELIGION WEEKEND
A Victory for Pope Francis - Paul Vallely, New York Times
Not Everyone Is Celebrating Romero's Beatification - John Allen, Crux
Meet America's Only Gay Imam - Dean Obeidallah, Daily Beast
Solving the Amish Riddle - Brian Pipkin, Mennonite World Review
The Avengers: Age of Nones - Mike D'Virgilio, Engage the Culture
Are Methodists Boycotting a Holocaust Museum? - Mark Tooley, AS
Evangelicals & the Duggars: It's Complicated - Boorstein & Bailey, WaPo
Is the Evangelical a Mormon's Brother? - Daniel Peterson, Interpreter
What Would John Wesley Do About Methodist Drift? - Jill Nolin, MO
Meet the Rapping Rabbi - Naomi Tomky, Jewish Daily Forward
Internet Atheists? Nah - Fr. Dwight Longenecker, Patheos
Real Estate vs. Doctrine - Terry Mattingly, Get Religion
Editorials
Admit Iraq War Was a Disastrous Mistake - USA TodayThe Notorious R.B.G. - National Review
Banks as Felons, or Criminality Lite - New York Times
Clinton Event the Antithesis of What NH is About - Nashua Telegraph
BOOKS WEEKEND
A Google Map of All Your Favorite Books - Editorial Staff, Electric LiteratureThe Best Under-the-Radar Reads - Nancy Pearl, NPR
Divine Comedy is Among Mankind's Essentials - Thomson, Independent
American Literary Greatness - Cynthia Ozick, New York Times
Three Fiction Debuts Worth a Read - Jade Colbert, The Globe and Mail
On the Unparalleled Shirley Jackson - Neil Smith, The National Post
How iPhone Crippled Blackberry - McNish & Silcoff, Wall Street Journal
Does the Octopus Have a Soul? - William O'Connor, The Daily Beast
Reading Detroit - Anna Clark, The Guardian
Enlightenment and the Culture of Criticism - Jacob Soll, The New Republic
Cheering Spaceflight, Mourning its Fading - Tuhus-Dubrow, The L.A. Times
The 'True Face' of William Shakespeare - Lauren Strapagiel, Ottawa Citizen
Curation and the Illusion of Originality - Maria Popova, Brain Pickings
The Millions Interviews Anne Enright - Diane Prokop, The Millions
Taya Kyle Finds the Silver Lining - Celia Walden, The Telegraph
New Excerpts
Stephen King's 'Finders Keepers' - Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyHow to Cut Taxes & Fund Infrastructure - Detter & Folster, RCPolicy
Price of Valor: The Life of Audie Murphy - David A. Smith, RealClearHistory
The Rebels Are Our Countrymen Again - Shelby Foote, The Daily Beast
