Saturday, March 14, 2026
Iran War: US Strikes Kharg Island, Deploys More Marines Even as Administration Shows Desperation; Iran Hits Saudi Base Amid Signs of Decaying US Position, Increases Attacks on Israel
The latest Iran war update: The US attempts to show escalation dominance even as officials look frayed and Iran’s pounding intensifies
Michael Hudson: Persia’s Monopoly Concessions to Britain, 1872-1901
Persia’s 19th century fight to drive out the British investors who had obtained monopoly concessions is background to the current crisis.
How Accent Discrimination Reinforces America’s Deepest Divides
The American Southern accent reveals how linguistic prejudice reinforces classism, regionalism, and subconscious bias across generations.
Coffee Break: Lifestyle Medicine, More Quackitude, Ancient Manuscripts, Gut Health, and the Epstein Class
Part the First: Nutrition and Medicine. The current Secretary of Health and Human Services is not wrong in his emphasis on nutrition (a stopped analog clock is right twice a day). I don’t know where Lauren Rice is attending medical school in New York City, but her editorial take seems about half right in I’m […]
Why Environmental Tipping Points Don’t Have to Spell Doom
“A tipping point commonly means a point of no return. But conservation can still help ecosystems restore their balance.”
Iran War: Oil Flirts With $100 as More Commercial Ships Hit, US Refueling Plane Downed, with Iraqi Militia Taking Credit; Demands for Hormuz Opening Intensify; Private Debt Wobbles Add to Market Pressure
Today’s Iran war update: markets stay edgy as Administration messaging becomes more hollow and more ships burn.
One of the US’ Biggest Vassal Governments in Latin America Just Banned the Country’s Main Opposition Party
A taste of things to come under Trump’s “Shield of the Americas”?
Satyajit Das: Iran – Even War Has Been Financialized
Satyajit Das provides a broad look at the scope and depth of the potential economic downside of the Iran war.
Can Sun Tzu’s The Art of War Predict the Outcome of the War on Iran?
To cut through today’s fog of information, Sun Tzu’s The Art of War offers a lens to understand the possible direction of the war on Iran.
Universities Survived Trump’s 2025 Funding Freeze, but the Money Still Isn’t Flowing to Researchers
Trump’s war on universities, like Iran, is doing great damage to the US, here via success in reducing research funding and causing chaos.
Armageddon Now! Israel’s Nuclear Weapons Program
A review of the history of and best information about Israel’s nuclear weapons program, including delivery systems and safety risks at Dimona
Iran War: Oil Again Breaches $100 as Iran Escalates Attacks on Israel, Shipping, Dubai; More on the Effects of a Long Closure of the Strait of Hormuz
The Iran war is going ever more pear-shaped for the US, Israel, the Gulf states, and innocent bystanders, yet Trump refuses to relent.
