Weekly Perspective

  Our team pulled together the following grid for this special weekend edition of  the " Virtual Route 99 " with thoughts from Anne Appelaabum , David Brooks , Jeffrey Goldberg , and others at the Atlantic Magazine , the American Bar Association , and other sources:  

 Our team presents a view of America published in the Observer UK from the Former UK Prime Ministe r  Sir John Major  :

We have just launched and updated our exclusive tagline, "Virtual Route 99" , in honor of our home state of California and the Central Valley of California as State Route 99 is now the main route through California's Central Valley. As part of this ongoing journey, our team hereby presents an alternative on the Gaza War   and the aftermath is hereby noted courtesy the Team at the COOP SCOOP :     The Dark Side of The Gaza Deal Thousands held by Israel as hostages will remain captive The Coop Scoop Oct 13       October 13, 2025 By Marc Cooper This will be a relatively short post as my time this week is occupied by an ill family member — who will be just fine. Not to worry. I cannot, however, remain silent on the Gaza hostage deal. Of course anything that even pauses the war even for an hour or a day and frees hostages is a good thing — even if Red Mad Hatter Trump played a role in it. As I write this late Sunday night the first hostages have been rel...

 As Israel and Hamas reached a ceasefire, an alternative perspective on Israel's future was discussed courtesy the team at Middle East Eye :

 

As we begin a new quarter here at the Daily Outsider, our team presents this discussion the Interim President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, held with General (Ret) David Petraus, the former Iraqi and Afghan War Commander and CIA Director, during the United Nations General Assembly and the aftermath of the Disney/Kimmel controversy: