Today’s moves by the Trump regime employed one of the key elements of U.S. strategy in the Ramadan War on Iran: using deception to influence financial markets.
Monday, March 23, 2026
Claims About Genetic Superiority Ignore the Real Drivers of Human Inequality
People should be more concerned with the effects of the policies imposed by the Trumps and Musks of the world than the DNA passed on by their parents.
Iran War: Trump’s 48 Hour Deadline Approaches; Soldiers Fearful as Lindsey Graham Calls for Their Sacrifice; Complacency in Face of Intersecting Shortages, Like Food and Plastics
Today’s Iran war update: Let us hope that this saying proves not to be germane – Things look the darkest before they go completely black.”
War Widens to the Caspian. Why Isn’t Iran Attacking Azerbaijan?
Iran issues warnings to Baku as Israel strikes its Caspian fleet in maritime space shared with Russia.
Boomerangs of Empire: Latin America as Colonial Laboratory
A Latin America case study on how the pursuit of empire has come to haunt the US.
Iran War: Trump Issues 48 Hour Unhinged Ultimatum to Iran; Iran Vows Mass Destruction Countermeasures; Israel Takes Hit to Dimona Area, Other Blows After Second Firing on Iran Nuclear Reactor Site ; More Warnings of Deep Damage from Strait of Hormuz Closure, LNG Reduction Effects
Today’s Iran war update: Trump threatens action which will lead to Iran retaliation that will destroy the world economy. Will he proceed?
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Solaris (1972) Run Time: 2H 47M
Solaris is a film about the nature of memory and human encounters with the alien.
Apocalypse Now— West Asia Edition
The empire has backed itself into a corner: admit defeat or resort to increasingly deranged measures.
Iran War: Trump Escalates via Preparation for Ground Assault; Israel Takes More Pounding, Husbands Air Defenses; Coming Helium, Jet Fuel Shortages; Prospects for Vastly Higher Oil Prices
Trump gives trademark mixed signals as the US moves to deploy special forces in the Iran war in the face of kinetic and economic losses.
Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III
Michael Hudson provides a deep dive into US foreign policy and its use of dollar dominance.
Many ACA Customers Are Paying Higher Premiums. Most Blame Trump and Republicans, Poll Finds.
ACA premium hikes and loss of Covid-era additional support are creating a coverage crisis, deservedly adding to Republican midterm woes.
Coffee Break: Breaking American Science, COVID Undercount, Food Politics, St. Patrick, and a Brief Diversion
Part the First: The Slow Death of Biomedical Research Continues in the United States. We have covered this before, but the entire unfolding situation gets more surreal by the week. STAT News has been a go-to source, as in NIH will spend its full budget this year, agency director promises House appropriators. The first shot […]
