Introduction The United States has now been at war with Iran for eight months. The White House projected four to five weeks. That gap is not new. Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, senior officials predicted a short war and a grateful population. In Afghanistan, two decades of military plans assumed a Taliban that would weaken and a partner army...
October 29, 2026
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The Election Playbook That Never Goes Stale
Two Cases, One Message Two criminal cases are carrying the Republican argument against New York’s sanctuary laws in the final weeks before the Nov. 3 election. Neither one, on the public record, turns on the law the ads attack. The first is the March 19, 2026 killing of Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago freshman from Yorktown Heights. Her...
Forever Chemicals in Your Clothes: Texas’s Lululemon Deal Exposes a Federal Oversight Gap
Nearly every American carries PFAS, the “forever chemicals,” in their blood, according to CDC biomonitoring. No federal agency sets a limit on PFAS in the clothes they wear. That gap is the backdrop to an agreement Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026. It closes his six-month investigation into whether Lululemon USA Inc. activewear contained PFAS....
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When Will We Learn? Iraq, Afghanistan and Now Iran Show Washington Keeps Misjudging Who Can Outlast Whom
Introduction The United States has now been at war with Iran for eight months. The White House projected four to...
The Election Playbook That Never Goes Stale
Two Cases, One Message Two criminal cases are carrying the Republican argument against New York’s sanctuary laws in the final...
Forever Chemicals in Your Clothes: Texas’s Lululemon Deal Exposes a Federal Oversight Gap
Nearly every American carries PFAS, the “forever chemicals,” in their blood, according to CDC biomonitoring. No federal agency sets a...
The Pantry and the Server Room: Britain’s Stockpile Advice Points to a Software Problem
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham is telling households to keep emergency food on hand. He has suggested households keep at...
SpaceX Wants to Be Your Phone Company. It’s Building on the Ruins of the Last Company That Tried.
SpaceX is negotiating for access to at least 80,000 U.S. cell sites, Bloomberg News reported Thursday. It is the most...
The Quickest Way to Make 2 Million Enemies Who Don’t Give a #@%!
Shortly after 10 o’clock on Wednesday night, a man stood outside Marine Corps Base Quantico with a sledgehammer and took...
Who Is Alice Weidel and How Far Could She Move Germany and the EU?
At a Glance Alice Weidel (born 1979) is co-leader of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and was its first candidate...
The Palestinian Cause Won the World’s Sympathy. Its Neighbors Still Keep the Door Shut.
Intro For the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 2001, more Americans say their sympathies lie with...