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...
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...
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...
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
By Iain Boyd, University of...
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
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Scott Galloway interviews Peter Zeihan (March 9, 2026)
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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.
By Elizabeth N. Saunders, Good Authority
Since the start of 2026, President Donald Trump...
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
By Doug Jacobson, Iowa State University
When most people think about the internet, they...
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...
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...
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,...
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
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...
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
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
By Ziyad Al-Aly, Washington University in St. Louis
A patient...
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...