The U.S. naval blockade of Iran is frequently described as a total maritime cutoff. By the U.S. military’s own definition, it is not. It covers Iran’s southern coastline the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman and nothing else. Iran has a second coastline. It runs roughly 650 kilometers along the southern shore of the Caspian Sea, and it holds...
August 26, 2026
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Political Polling: How Do They Keep Getting It Wrong?
With 73 days until the November 3 midterm elections, the country is heading toward the polls with less reliable information about the electorate than at any point in modern memory and the failures of the past 20 months have come from opposite directions. In August alone, a fabricated poll in the Los Angeles mayoral race moved money on two prediction...
Iran’s Inventory Play: How Tehran Managed Its Oil Output Around a Storage Ceiling
In April, senior U.S. officials predicted that a naval blockade would fill Iran’s oil storage tanks within days and force the country to shut in its wells. Four months later, Iran is still producing roughly 2.5 million barrels per day. What happened between the prediction and the outcome is a case study in how a producer manages a physical constraint...
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Caspian: Iran’s Limited Gateway to Unencumbered Trade
The U.S. naval blockade of Iran is frequently described as a total maritime cutoff. By the U.S. military’s own definition,...
Political Polling: How Do They Keep Getting It Wrong?
With 73 days until the November 3 midterm elections, the country is heading toward the polls with less reliable information...
Iran’s Inventory Play: How Tehran Managed Its Oil Output Around a Storage Ceiling
In April, senior U.S. officials predicted that a naval blockade would fill Iran’s oil storage tanks within days and force...
Blakeman Closes to 10 Points on Hochul But the Poll That Moved Changed Its Own Rules
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman has cut Gov. Kathy Hochul’s lead in the New York governor’s race to 10 points,...
786,000 to One: How America’s Citizen-to-Representative Ratio Quietly Became One of the Worst in the Developed World
The Democratic Socialists of America released a national program in July 2026 called “Workers Deserve More,” and buried inside the...
Egg Recalls and the Vaccine America Approved but Won’t Use
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Clean Air Worked. The Climate Bill Is Coming Due.
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Grades Rise as Reading and Math Proficiency Falls: Nashville’s Grade-Change Allegations and the Accountability Gap
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