Marc Roscoe Loustau
@attheedges.bsky.social
Official BlueSky account of Substack newsletter "At the edges, with Marc Loustau." https://marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/
"In a world on fire, hopeful storytelling about global politics, culture, and the edges of faith."
"In a world on fire, hopeful storytelling about global politics, culture, and the edges of faith."
“At the Edges” is grateful to its engaged and dedicated subscribers!
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 PM
“At the Edges” is grateful to its engaged and dedicated subscribers!
This month, Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jewish paratrooper who fought behind Nazi lines, finally got a Times obituary; but the article has little about Hungary's Jewish community today. What do Hungarian Jews think about a famous native daughter?
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November 28, 2025 at 12:03 PM
This month, Hanna Szenes, a Hungarian Jewish paratrooper who fought behind Nazi lines, finally got a Times obituary; but the article has little about Hungary's Jewish community today. What do Hungarian Jews think about a famous native daughter?
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Trump ambassador pick for #Hungary has close ties to Israeli extremists. Nominee Benjamin Landa says far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, once convicted of supporting terrorist groups, should be Prime Minister. What does Hungary's Jewish community think?
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November 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Trump ambassador pick for #Hungary has close ties to Israeli extremists. Nominee Benjamin Landa says far-right politician Itamar Ben-Gvir, once convicted of supporting terrorist groups, should be Prime Minister. What does Hungary's Jewish community think?
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Stay or go? Intellectuals in 1930s Germany faced this question. Czech dissidents faced it from behind the Iron Curtain. Now it’s the US’s turn. What is life in exile like today? See the latest edition of "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau."
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November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Stay or go? Intellectuals in 1930s Germany faced this question. Czech dissidents faced it from behind the Iron Curtain. Now it’s the US’s turn. What is life in exile like today? See the latest edition of "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau."
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In the face of the pandemic of angst and anxiety, is there an example of an individual’s search for consolation that might inspire and guide us today?
“The search for what heals us,” in today’s edition of the “At the Edges” newsletter on Substack.
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“The search for what heals us,” in today’s edition of the “At the Edges” newsletter on Substack.
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November 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
In the face of the pandemic of angst and anxiety, is there an example of an individual’s search for consolation that might inspire and guide us today?
“The search for what heals us,” in today’s edition of the “At the Edges” newsletter on Substack.
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“The search for what heals us,” in today’s edition of the “At the Edges” newsletter on Substack.
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/the-search...
My article about Ukrainian pastors who fled Russian-occupied territory and the apps they use.
Not only do these ministers do pastoral care with people still behind the front line, they also taught me about resisting #authoritarianism. New in the @christiancentury.bsky.social: "Pastors in exile."
Not only do these ministers do pastoral care with people still behind the front line, they also taught me about resisting #authoritarianism. New in the @christiancentury.bsky.social: "Pastors in exile."
November 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
My article about Ukrainian pastors who fled Russian-occupied territory and the apps they use.
Not only do these ministers do pastoral care with people still behind the front line, they also taught me about resisting #authoritarianism. New in the @christiancentury.bsky.social: "Pastors in exile."
Not only do these ministers do pastoral care with people still behind the front line, they also taught me about resisting #authoritarianism. New in the @christiancentury.bsky.social: "Pastors in exile."
Listening to Mahler 9, the first movement. This feels accurate: "But Mahler's movements, in their entirety, are streams on which is borne whatever is caught in them, yet without its particularity being entirely absorbed." Theodor Adorno, Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy.
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Listening to Mahler 9, the first movement. This feels accurate: "But Mahler's movements, in their entirety, are streams on which is borne whatever is caught in them, yet without its particularity being entirely absorbed." Theodor Adorno, Mahler: A Musical Physiognomy.
"Here we go again..." Ukrainian Catholics react to Pope Leo's interview with Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse. It's for the best, they say, that Ukrainian media mostly ignored the interview. In "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau" on Substack.
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November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
"Here we go again..." Ukrainian Catholics react to Pope Leo's interview with Crux: Taking the Catholic Pulse. It's for the best, they say, that Ukrainian media mostly ignored the interview. In "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau" on Substack.
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My friend and former Ukrainian teacher Maria Kosiychuk is organizing this exciting program. It'll be fun as well as educational. For anyone even just a little bit curious about Ukrainian, I highly recommend!
www.instagram.com/soft.sign.ua/
www.instagram.com/soft.sign.ua/
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
My friend and former Ukrainian teacher Maria Kosiychuk is organizing this exciting program. It'll be fun as well as educational. For anyone even just a little bit curious about Ukrainian, I highly recommend!
www.instagram.com/soft.sign.ua/
www.instagram.com/soft.sign.ua/
I was on TV last night commenting about the Trump-Putin Budapest Summit and why the EU needs to show some backbone in response.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I was on TV last night commenting about the Trump-Putin Budapest Summit and why the EU needs to show some backbone in response.
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Ukrainian pastors, who fled cities now occupied by Russia, still keep in touch with church members who stayed behind. But why, when Russian police have threatened to arrest worshippers? From “At the Edges”: “Where Mother Mary is on the terror list.”
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September 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Ukrainian pastors, who fled cities now occupied by Russia, still keep in touch with church members who stayed behind. But why, when Russian police have threatened to arrest worshippers? From “At the Edges”: “Where Mother Mary is on the terror list.”
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This New York Times article about Charlie Kirk is bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
“At the Edges” newsletter today: "Political violence isn't uniquely American." Let's look outside our borders to understand what’s at stake in political violence.
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“At the Edges” newsletter today: "Political violence isn't uniquely American." Let's look outside our borders to understand what’s at stake in political violence.
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September 14, 2025 at 7:52 AM
This New York Times article about Charlie Kirk is bad. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/u...
“At the Edges” newsletter today: "Political violence isn't uniquely American." Let's look outside our borders to understand what’s at stake in political violence.
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/political-...
“At the Edges” newsletter today: "Political violence isn't uniquely American." Let's look outside our borders to understand what’s at stake in political violence.
marcroscoeloustau.substack.com/p/political-...
"But to look at it from another angle - one can’t forget everything, however great one’s wish to do so; the plague was bound to leave traces, anyhow, in people’s hearts."
A. Camus, The Plague, p. 227
A. Camus, The Plague, p. 227
September 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
"But to look at it from another angle - one can’t forget everything, however great one’s wish to do so; the plague was bound to leave traces, anyhow, in people’s hearts."
A. Camus, The Plague, p. 227
A. Camus, The Plague, p. 227
Why does a self-reflexive, anti-imperial leftist sign up for a foreign war that, if we’re completely honest, he doesn’t really understand? The author George Orwell (Animal Farm, 1984) posed this question to himself in 1938. I ask myself the same question today.
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September 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Why does a self-reflexive, anti-imperial leftist sign up for a foreign war that, if we’re completely honest, he doesn’t really understand? The author George Orwell (Animal Farm, 1984) posed this question to himself in 1938. I ask myself the same question today.
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I am grateful for all the paying subscribers to “At the Edges, with Marc Loustau.”
August 20, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I am grateful for all the paying subscribers to “At the Edges, with Marc Loustau.”
Orbán’s annual summer speech, usually full of controversial content, was surprisingly boring. Every listless appearance makes Hungary’s opposition stronger in next year’s elections. But I actually harbor a worry about what may happen if the opposition wins.
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July 29, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Orbán’s annual summer speech, usually full of controversial content, was surprisingly boring. Every listless appearance makes Hungary’s opposition stronger in next year’s elections. But I actually harbor a worry about what may happen if the opposition wins.
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There are curious ambiguities in Applebaum’s account of her role in an influential slice of the conservative intellectual elite, many of whom are now shilling for the world's autocrats. We should value our morally tainted narrators.
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July 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There are curious ambiguities in Applebaum’s account of her role in an influential slice of the conservative intellectual elite, many of whom are now shilling for the world's autocrats. We should value our morally tainted narrators.
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The tragic case of religious freedom in Hungary, an allegory for how churches cooperate with authoritarian regimes. The Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen interviews me for his Minister’s Forum podcast.
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July 15, 2025 at 7:09 AM
The tragic case of religious freedom in Hungary, an allegory for how churches cooperate with authoritarian regimes. The Rev. Dr. Colin Bossen interviews me for his Minister’s Forum podcast.
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What do rubber bones have to do with #authoritarianism and #hungary? A whole lot, it turns out. Read about it in my latest Balkan Insight article: balkaninsight.com/2025/07/09/r...
July 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
What do rubber bones have to do with #authoritarianism and #hungary? A whole lot, it turns out. Read about it in my latest Balkan Insight article: balkaninsight.com/2025/07/09/r...
On a train from Kyiv, I met Nastya, whose mother grew up in Chernobyl and escaped the nuclear catastrophe. This is what Nastya taught me about dark tourism, the strange industry that tours visitors around disaster sites. My latest on Substack:
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July 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
On a train from Kyiv, I met Nastya, whose mother grew up in Chernobyl and escaped the nuclear catastrophe. This is what Nastya taught me about dark tourism, the strange industry that tours visitors around disaster sites. My latest on Substack:
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I was hopeful about the #Mets this year. I have no idea what I'm feeling right now after giving up 9 runs in two straight games to the Pirates.
June 29, 2025 at 5:30 AM
I was hopeful about the #Mets this year. I have no idea what I'm feeling right now after giving up 9 runs in two straight games to the Pirates.
What is fascism, according to Jesus? Today in "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau."
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June 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What is fascism, according to Jesus? Today in "At the Edges, with Marc Loustau."
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I reported for @ncronline.bsky.social from Ukraine's frontline: www.ncronline.org/news/greek-c...
This will be a normal school," Vovk told NCR, "it's just that there are also underground classrooms."
This will be a normal school," Vovk told NCR, "it's just that there are also underground classrooms."
June 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I reported for @ncronline.bsky.social from Ukraine's frontline: www.ncronline.org/news/greek-c...
This will be a normal school," Vovk told NCR, "it's just that there are also underground classrooms."
This will be a normal school," Vovk told NCR, "it's just that there are also underground classrooms."
Hungary's Viktor Orbán is stepping up attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. How are Jewish groups responding? And what to LGBTQ+ Jews say about it? My latest "At the Edges" newsletter on Substack.
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June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Hungary's Viktor Orbán is stepping up attacks on the LGBTQ+ community. How are Jewish groups responding? And what to LGBTQ+ Jews say about it? My latest "At the Edges" newsletter on Substack.
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Viktor Orbán is holding a referendum asking Hungarians to say whether Ukraine should join the EU. But Hungarians who actually live in Ukraine are upset. Is Orbán just trying to score political points at home? My latest article for Balkan Insight.
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June 13, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Viktor Orbán is holding a referendum asking Hungarians to say whether Ukraine should join the EU. But Hungarians who actually live in Ukraine are upset. Is Orbán just trying to score political points at home? My latest article for Balkan Insight.
balkaninsight.com/2025/06/09/o...
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