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Reviving the old Cold War racket against Cuba
July 24, 2026
President Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are making me feel like I’m smack dab back in the middle of the old Cold War racket — the racket that succeeded in making the U.S. national-security state and its ever-growing army of “defense” contractors a permanent feature of American life.
Michael Brenner: Reifying stupidity
July 23, 2026
We are experiencing a global outbreak of stupidity that afflicts political elites disproportionally.
Trump’s bombing campaign in Iran just sinks U.S. into a deeper quagmire
July 22, 2026
Nothing he says is taken seriously, as Tehran knows all along that Trump is always creating distractions.
Trump’s July 4 sparks counter-250 events
July 21, 2026
The semiquincentennial is becoming a proxy battle over patriotism, belonging and whether the country’s founding ideals should be celebrated as settled history or unfinished work.
