Today’s Iran war news: The US again engages in market-manipulating deal head-fakery as more evidence of its weak position accumulates.
Thursday, May 7, 2026
Understanding the Rise in CEO Age
Just like government leaders, the CEO class is becoming more of a gerontocracy. What gives?
Heartland Institute Podcast Questions Whether All Americans ‘Should Have the Right to Vote’
Heartland Institute, an ultra-conservative, climate-denialist, Trump-adjacent think tank, questions whether all adults should vote.
Coffee Break: Self-Dealing and Self-Deluding Two Sides of Trump and His Ilk
The Trump regime’s flagrant corruption and obvious irrationality beg the question, ‘Are there any rational actors in power today?’
Economic Management in War: Professor Michael Hudson in Discussion with Ian Proud
An informative and wide-ranging conversation of how economic policies can neglect, support, or impede the prosecution of war
Iran War: Trump “Pauses” Failed Operation Freedom, Rubio Claims End to Epic Fury With Strait of Hormuz Still Blockaded and Alarms About Real World Damage Rising
Today’s Iran war news: Team Trump says it is abandoning Project Freedom and Epic Fury while keeping the damaging blockade and sanctions on.
The Credibility Crisis in Science
Albert Einstein was chosen by Time magazine as the Person of the Twentieth Century. It was a good choice (and now is a good time to read Einstein more than seventy years after his death in April 1955, here and here). As noted by Thomas Plümper and Eric Neumayer in their newly published book, The […]
Karaganov’s Candid Assessment Of Europe Shows The World What Russian Hardliners Think
Russian hardliners are set to become more influential as European leaders vows to escalate against Russia.
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Endangered Warships
Naval point defense is often described as a layered shield. In reality, it is a capacity-limited system operating under severe time constraints. As missile and drone attacks become more numerous and persistent, saturation emerges not as an anomaly, but as a predictable outcome. This article analyzes the structural limits of modern U.S. naval air defense and their implications for future naval warfare.
The Fertility Panic Is a Racist, Sexist Tool to Push More Austerity
The fertility freakout conveniently ignores that being a mother is not a great deal and that for planetary health, fewer babies is desirable.
Iran War: Iran Targets US Warships, US Reports Small Successful Gulf Transit, Iran Hits UAE; Putin Call for Middle East to Be a WMD-Free Zone, Challenging Israel Nuclear Program; US Renewed Strikes Still Look Imminent
Today’s Iran war updates: skirmishes flare as Iran contests Trump’s lame Operation Freedom; a bigger attack seems likely.
Claudia Sheinbaum Is Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place
The rock is the rising threat of US military intervention in Mexico; the hard place is Sheinbaum’s own party’s narco-politicians.
“Watch Out for the Chinese Supremacist, Imperialist Mindbenders”
John Helmer looks at a new school of Chinese propaganda and even names names.
