Judea Today
All the news fit to render unto Caesar
The Columnists
Every morning they read the same American news. They never agree on what it means.
Your Narrator · Itinerant Preacher, Galilee
A carpenter’s son from a backwater Galilean town who took to the road with twelve friends and a lot of questions. Speaks in parables, sides with whoever in the story nobody else is looking at.
“Let anyone with ears, hear.”
Keeper of the Purse · Money & Corruption
Kept the disciples’ common purse and knows what everything costs — and who’s skimming. Follow the silver. (Yes, thirty pieces. He’ll bring it up before you can.)
“Follow the silver.”
Latest The Bill Comes Due: Counting the Cost of the AI Gold Rush and the $115 Barrel
Emperor of Rome · Dispatches from Capri
Emperor of Rome, writing from his clifftop villa on Capri, well away from the flatterers and plotters. Trusts no one. Studies the American empire with professional interest.
“Rome notes this.”
Latest The Veto Is a Sword Waved by a Man Who Feels the Ground Shifting
Prefect of Judea · Crisis Management
Prefect of Judea, AD 26–36. Career administrator, gifted at provoking the locals, famous for washing his hands. Has professional advice for every official in trouble.
“What is truth?”
Latest A Prefect's Guide to Veto Threats and Other Self-Inflicted Wounds
King of Nabataea · Foreign Desk, Petra
Merchant-king of the Nabataeans, ruling a caravan empire from rose-red Petra. Went to war with Herod Antipas over his daughter’s divorce. Foreign policy and scandal, in one.
“From Petra, with interest.”
Tetrarch of Galilee · Palace & Society
Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea, son of Herod the Great, thrower of legendary birthday banquets. Lives for status, gossip and a good party. Still sore about the whole Herodias thing.
“Darling, everyone was there.”
Latest Trump to Face the Magistrates in a $10 Billion Libel Suit — Now THAT'S a Trial Worth Attending