Tuesday, March 24, 2026

Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Cheap Guidance and Big Consequences

The most important change in modern warfare is not the proliferation of drones or missiles, but the collapse in the cost of precision guidance. Weapons no longer need to be highly sophisticated to be accurate—they only need to be good enough, and “good enough” is now cheap.

Economic Questions: The Robert Nozick Question

On the simplistic reasoning Robert Nozick used to justify inequality and a minimal state

Links 3/24/2026

Iran War: US/Israel Attacks Near Iran Energy Infrastructure; Temporary TACO as Boots on the Ground Moves Continue? Postol on How Iran Nukes Israel in Retaliation and the Horrific Consequences; Gulf States Double Down on Loyalty to US

Today’s Iran war update: Trump moves toward a ground attack as positions on all sides are hardening and the global economy bleeds out

Spanish Government Intensifies Criticism of US-Israeli War on Iran As Trump Mulls Withdrawing US Troops from Spanish Bases

“We will not be complicit in something that is bad for the world and that is also contrary to our values ​​and interests, simply out of fear of reprisals from someone.”

The Economic Consequences of a Low-Skilled Immigration Sudden Stop: Evidence from Korea’s Guest Worker Programme

The example of South Korea suggests that a halt in immigration by low-skilled workers does not boost pay or job conditions for natives.

Coffee Break: Trump’s TACO Designed to Manipulate Markets

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.

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.

Links 3/23/2026

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.

Links 3/22/2026

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.