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Florida Is Trying to Ignore Measles Until It Can’t

Florida Is Trying to Ignore Measles Until It Can’t The state is in the midst of an outbreak, but its health department has been mostly silent. By Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic    Out of the 30 states where measles has been detected in 2026, Florida currently ranks third in case...
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Phillips O’Brien on Iran

Phillips O'Brien on Iran How clueless are our leaders? Very   By Paul Krugman   Another month, another war — this one looking like a complete c*******k. I spoke...

Wartime Investing (3/11/2026)

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The Latest Economic Numbers Are Brutal for Trump

The Latest Economic Numbers Are Brutal for Trump There’s an increasing chance that the economy will be in recession come the midterm elections this fall. By...

Not just Patriot interceptors: A defense expert explains the various weapons US and allies use to defend against missiles and drones

Not just Patriot interceptors: A defense expert explains the various weapons US and allies use to defend against missiles and drones   By Iain Boyd, University of...

Ian Bremmer: Thoughts on Trump’s war with Iran

In the two videos below, geopolitical analyst Ian Bremmer of Eurasia Group explains what he believes is happening in the U.S.–Iran war. While Donald...

The War With Iran Could Reshape the Global Economy

The War With Iran Could Reshape the Global Economy By Prof G Conversations Scott Galloway interviews Peter Zeihan (March 9, 2026) Timestamps 00:00 - In This Episode 00:43 -...

Dario Amodei’s Oppenheimer Moment

Dario Amodei’s Oppenheimer Moment It came earlier than expected. By Ross Andersen, The Atlantic  More than a year before his recent standoff with the Pentagon, Dario Amodei, the...

Trump and Rubio dismantled U.S. diplomacy. It’s making the Iran War harder.

Trump and Rubio dismantled U.S. diplomacy. It’s making the Iran War harder. By Elizabeth N. Saunders, Good Authority  Since the start of 2026, President Donald Trump...

Trump’s Iran Blunders Suddenly Look Darker After Damning New Leaks Hit

Trump’s Iran Blunders Suddenly Look Darker After Damning New Leaks Hit By The Daily Blast With Greg Sargent, TNR For Donald Trump, the news is...

Iran’s new supreme leader vows revenge on U.S., Israel

Iran's new supreme leader vows revenge on U.S., Israel By Barak Ravid, Axios   Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said in his first public message that his country...

Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy

Why cloud service outages ripple across the internet – and the economy By Doug Jacobson, Iowa State University When most people think about the internet, they...

US military leans into AI for attack on Iran, but the tech doesn’t lessen the need for human judgment in war

US military leans into AI for attack on Iran, but the tech doesn’t lessen the need for human judgment in war By Jon R. Lindsay, Georgia...

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology   Tensions in the Middle East...

Trump says the Iran war will end ‘very soon’ – but it is not clear how

Trump says the Iran war will end ‘very soon’ – but it is not clear how By Andrew Gawthorpe, Leiden University   Donald Trump has said he thinks...

Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could follow

Strait of Hormuz: if the Iran conflict shuts world’s most important oil chokepoint, global economic chaos could follow By Sarah Schiffling, Hanken School of Economics (originally published...

Why shadow tankers are the only ships still moving through the Strait of Hormuz

Why shadow tankers are the only ships still moving through the Strait of Hormuz By Charles Edward Gehrke, US Naval War College   The Strait of Hormuz...

A Timeline of Trump’s Iran War Timelines

A Timeline of Trump’s Iran War Timelines By Chas Danner, at Intelligencer   How long will President Trump’s new war with Iran last? That depends on who you’re asking, how,...

Trump Has No Idea How to End the War With Iran

Trump Has No Idea How to End the War With Iran By Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times In September 1996, I visited Tehran for the first time....

US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decades

US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decades By Amy Myers Jaffe, New York University; Tufts University Oil is a global market,...

President Trump holds a news conference in Miami

Welcome to Trump's upside-down world! Factcheck: Trump’s bogus Iran nuke claim hit with brutal fact check President Trump holds a news conference in Miami CNBC

Investors and Trump Face an Iran Dilemma

Investors and Trump Face an Iran Dilemma A spike in oil prices has roiled stocks and bonds again and threatens to accelerate inflation — adding...

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence

Operational Excellence, Strategic Incompetence The president and his advisers are in the grip of “victory disease.” By Tom Nichols, The Atlantic   The war in Iran has reaffirmed two...

Florida Is Trying to Ignore Measles Until It Can’t

Florida Is Trying to Ignore Measles Until It Can’t The state is in the midst of an outbreak, but its health department has been mostly...

Dario Amodei’s Oppenheimer Moment

Dario Amodei’s Oppenheimer Moment It came earlier than expected. By Ross Andersen, The Atlantic  More than a year before his recent standoff with the Pentagon, Dario Amodei, the...

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers

Oil isn’t just fuel: Iran conflict could disrupt markets for everything from plastics to fertilizers André O. Hudson, Rochester Institute of Technology   Tensions in the Middle East...

GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people

GLP‑1 drugs may fight addiction across every major substance, according to a study of 600,000 people By Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis   A patient...

RFK Jr. Picks a Fight With Dunkin’—And New England Isn’t Having It

Sam Stein, JVL, and Catherine Rampell give their takes on why HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is demanding “safety data” from Dunkin' over its …

Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer

Researchers are combining drones and AI to make removing land mines faster and safer By Sagar Lekhak, Rochester Institute of Technology   At least 57 nations have...

RFK Jr. Lied His Way Into Office and American Health Is the Victim

Ringo Chiu, Shutterstock, The UnPopulist illustrationSen. Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, chairs and is the face of the Senate Committee on …

The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S.

The Deaths Doctors Never Thought They’d See in the U.S. For years, the worst outcomes of measles were all but unknown in the U.S. Now...