This just came out and I haven’t watched it yet, but I will.
I wonder if the team from The Washington Post that worked on this report is still there, post-layoff.
Category: Politics, Religion & Money
Doing the Not Do-able
Trump is going to send foot soldiers into Iran. Of course he is. It’s a deeply complex country of complexity.
At almost a third of the size of the continental United States, Iran has around 93 million people. Taking, let alone holding, a deeply complex country of its size and complexity and weaponry with 50,000 troops, military experts say, is not doable.
The Age of War and Resentment
I resent having to live in the era of Donald Trump. Here’s a reasoned, measured discussion about Trump’s unreasonable, unmeasurable war of choice against a nation that has been mere weeks away from having a nuclear weapon for over 20 years.
Drone On!
Trump obviously wants Putin to claim all of Ukraine for Russia. To that end, he refuses to give Zelensky any assistance. But now Trump is harming his own war effort in Iran by refusing assistance from Zelensky.
Goolsbee!
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank president Austan Goolsbee is always good for explanations and observations of what’s going on with the economy.
Tracy Kidder (1945-2026)
Massachusetts-based author Tracy Kidder’s name has appeared here a few times. Like Jon Krakauer and Michael Lewis, Kidder was a non-fiction writer.
I first read Kidder’s Soul of a New Machine and last read Rough Sleepers. I didn’t read everything in between, but I have fond memories of reading House, Among Schoolchildren, and Home Town. The NYTimes has a good overview of Kidder’s life and writings.