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Monday, March 9
We're Willing To Go as Far as We Need
Secretary Pete Hegseth, 60 Minutes
Why Escalation Favors Iran
Robert Pape, Foreign Affairs
War Reshaping the Middle East With Surprising Speed
Benny Morris, Quillette
The Public Deserves To Know Why Trump Attacked Iran
Sen. Chris Coons, MS Now
New Ayatollah Shows Regime Has Learnt Nothing
Jake Wallis Simons, The Telegraph
‘The Most Dangerous Man in the World’
Graeme Wood, The Atlantic
Our Goal in Iran Is Not the Same as Israel's
Batya Ungar-Sargon, Substack
Regime Change Is Never Painless
Matt Bai, Rolling Stone
Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us
Wallace, et al, Wall Street Journal
To Win in November, GOP Must Focus on Seniors
Michael McKenna, Washington Times
The War on Fraud Is Really a War on the Poor
Sara Sternberg Greene, The Hill
Paxton Makes Thune an Offer He Can't Refuse
David Catron, The American Spectator
Filibuster Actually Lessens Senate's Power
Frank Miele, RealClearPolitics
Betty Yee Not Dropping Out of CA Governor's Race
Mark Z. Barabak, LA Times
California Dreamin' Isn't What It Used To Be
Kenin Spivak, RealClearPolitics
Why Musk Is Right To Fight the EU's Empire of Censorship
Paul Coleman, Spiked
Our Declaration of Independence's Most Novel Phrase
Steven Hayward, California Post
ME Senate (Quantus): Platner (D) 49, Collins (R) 42 | Collins (R) 45, Mills (D) 43
Tuesday, March 10
How America's Oil and Gas Dominance Weakens Iran
Allysia Finley, Wall Street Journal


What Does 'Regime Change' Look Like?
Ellen Ioanes, American Prospect
How Iran Cultivated a Myth of Invincibility
Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
Iran Deeply Divided Over Khamenei's Son as Successor
Habibiazad & McGarvey, BBC
Should Trump Worry About Iran Polling?
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM
The Moment Mass Migration Started
Alicia Nieves, Compact Magazine
Crabs, a Helicopter and One Town's Fight vs. ICE
Garrett Epps, Washington Monthly
How Sanctuary Policies Led to Murder of Innocent Woman
Mia Cathell, DC Examiner
The Party Democrats Want and the Party Democrats Have
Jesse Arm, City Journal
Talarico's Challenging Road in Texas
Justin Vassallo, Substack
Will Johnny Ever Learn To Read?
Vince Bielski, RealClearInvestigations
GOP Will Lose Enthusiasm the Longer It Goes On in Iran
Mollie Hemingway, FOX News
Iran Conflict Will Have Complex Geoeconomic Legacy
Rana Foroohar, Financial Times
VP Doing the Most To Sell Iran Move? Pence, Not Vance
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Can College Sports Be Saved?
James Piereson, The New Criterion
Everything You Know About News Advertising Is Wrong
Lou Paskalis, Adweek
We Must Invest in Civics for America's 250th
Hans Zeiger, RealClearEducation
Trump Job Approval: Quinnipiac: 37% | NBC News: 44% | Rasmussen Rpts: 46%
Wednesday, March 11
Trump Aims To End Iran's War on America - on His Terms
Reagan Reese, Daily Caller


Reconsider Your Failing Strategy, Mr. President
Jason Riley, Wall Street Journal
What the Critics Have Wrong About the Iran Conflict
Stuart Gottlieb, Newsweek
You’re Already Paying for Trump’s Iran War
Kelli Wessinger, Vox
Why I'm Sticking With Trump
Sasha Stone, Substack
We Visited 'Ground Zero' for Hospice Fraud: Los Angeles, CA
Gold, et al., CBS News
DHS IG Launched Probe Into $220M Contract for Noem Ads
Susan Crabtree, RCP
Trump's Backing in TX Runoff May Hinge on SAVE America Act
Nicholas, et al., NBC
We'll Block the Senate Until SAVE Act Passes
Reps. Fine, Self & Harris, FOX News
Primary Turnout Shows Dems Can Win in Fall - Even in Texas
Brian Arbour, The Hill
James Talarico: Obama 2.0
Everett Piper, Washington Times
Neither Party Is Interested in Heterodoxy
John Halpin, The Liberal Patriot
Mayor Mamdani Reaffirms He's a Radical Leftist
Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Duty, Honor, Country, City
James Freeman, Wall Street Journal
AI Can Do Work. Can It Do a Job?
Kobe Yank-Jacobs, Substack
Trump Ends Biden's Drug Price Nightmare
Nicole Saphier, FOX News
How Cancer Took Me Down an Obamacare Rabbithole
Richard Porter, RCP on SiriusXM
Trump Job Approval: NPR/Marist 40% | Rasmussen Rpts 47% | Quinnipiac 37%
Thursday, March 12
Iran's Dynastic Power Shift Strikes at Pillar of Regime
Reza Aslan, Los Angeles Times


On Iran, Take the Money and Run (Again)
Jude Russo, The American Conservative
Impatience
Joe Klein, Substack
Joe Rogan Says Trump's Supporters Feel 'Betrayed' by Iran War
Tim Balk, NY Times
'Big Trouble' If Senate GOP Can't Pass Popular SAVE Act
Roger Kimball, The Spectator
Dems in Tax Fight That's Really About Copying Republicans
David Weigel, Semafor
When Do Protest Observers Become Lawbreaking Actors?
Ben Weingarten, RCI
Denial of Executive Privilege Latest Karmic Episode for Dems
Julie Kelly, Substack
Trial by Fire for Tisch and Mamdani, NYC's Odd Couple
D.D. Guttenplan, The Nation
Gun Control's Endgame
John Lott, RealClearPolitics
Colleges Finally Confronting Outcomes Data
Michael Itzkowitz, Washington Monthly
UT Austin Strikes a Blow to Critical Theory
John Masko, City Journal
Chiefs Get 'Massive Giveaway,' Woman Gets Tone-Policed
Melinda Henneberger, RCP
How Israel and Iran Are Fracturing MAGA Media
Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill
Ben Shapiro Doesn't Like Open and Free Debate
Piers Morgan, X
Pacific Northwest Progressives Scheme Against Voters
Jeff Eager, RealClearPolitics
Confessions of a GLP-1 User
Louise Perry, Wall Street Journal
Friday, March 13
Partisanship on Iran Is Dangerous for America
David Boies, Wall Street Journal


Israel, Iran Fracturing GOP's Governing Coalition
Christopher Rufo, The Spectator
The Hormuz Minefield
Caitlin Talmadge, Foreign Affairs
Differences Between Trump, Netanyahu Starting To Show
Yousef Munayyer, Guardian
A Shocking 'News' Story...But It's Not--Not Even Remotely
Salena Zito, DC Examiner
A Foreign Policy Debate Democrats Can No Longer Avoid
Blaise Malley, The Nation
Senate Passes Housing Bill With Bipartisan Support
Zachary Schermele, USA Today
Helping Families Locked Out of Homeownership
Sen. Bernie Moreno, Commonplace
How Democrats Can Outplay the GOP on Tax Cuts
Timothy Noah, The New Republic
Is John F. Kennedy Having a Comeback?
Larry Kudlow, New York Sun
Iran War Exposes America's Unfixed Supply Chains
David Dayen, American Prospect
Trump Should Stay the Course, Not Take an Easy Out
Ben Domenech, FOX News
This War Is a Disaster, Does Not Make America Safer
Ann Coulter, Jesse Kelly Show
The Irrepressible Nigel Farage
Henry Mance, Financial Times
Remember North Carolina Virologist Ralph Baric?
Alex Berenson, Substack
The State That Says Yes
Shawn Regan, City Journal
Alysa Liu's Homecoming Celebration Was Hella Oakland
Azucena Rasilla, Oaklandside
Saturday, March 14
Iran, 'America First' and a Raging Debate on the Right
Proctor & Wendling, BBC News
Mixed Messages: 'Already Won' or 'Got To Finish the Job'
Amanda Terkel, NBC News
The Oil Price War
Moore, McCormick & Bozorgmehr, Financial Times
Blow Up Tehran, Surrender New York and Virginia?
Mark Steyn, SteynOnline
BOOM: Senate Votes To Block Private Equity Buying Homes
Matt Stoller, Substack
The Question of Why for the Housing Supply
Cass & Kishi, Commonplace
The Historic Drop in U.S. Crime
Calvert & Ulick, Wall Street Journal
Bombshell Report on CA Medicare Fraud
Cannon, et al., RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Taking On the Status Quo in Washington Does Not Mean Doom
James Piereson, X
Lindsey Graham Is a Happy Man. MAGA Is Wondering: How?
Sophia Tesfaye, Salon
Piers Morgan Is a Clickwhore. Megyn Kelly Is a Coward
Ben Shapiro, The Daily Wire
Moral Preening, Priggish Lectures Are Why Shapiro Is Losing Fans
Megyn Kelly, X
Hollywood Enters Oscars Weekend in Existential Crisis
Thomas Buckley, Bloomberg
The Movies Against MeToo
Alec Mouhibian, Compact Magazine
AI and the Sin of Sloth
Robert Lynch, Washington Monthly
When Government Decides What You Can Read
Robert Malone, Substack
Why America 250 Should Extend to Censors Beyond Our Shore
Stuart Brotman, RCP
Latest Polls: Trump Job Approval | Iran | Generic | Senate | Gov | '28: Dem, GOP
Sunday, March 15
5 Reasons Trump Decided To Attack Iran
Bergengruen, et al, Wall Street Journal
The Iranian Moment: A Leap Into the Unknown
Mahjoob Zweiri, Al-Jazeera
How the Iran War Could Become More Costly & Complex
Peter Beaumont, Guardian
Iran's Regime Is Falling Apart. U.S. Must Finish the Job
Douglas Murray, NY Post
In MAGA Land, Anxiety Over the War Is Already on the Ballot
Thomas & Wolfe, WSJ
Chaos? War? GOP Has No Winning Message for Midterms
Rex Huppke, USA Today
The Talarico Two-Step in Texas
Spencer Neale, The American Conservative
The GOP's Blue-State Blues
Ronald Brownstein, CNN
Why Do Media Consistently Obfuscate Terrorist Attacks?
Drew Holden, Substack
Surf, Turf, and Another Media Meltdown
Roger Kimball, American Greatness
How Jeff Bezos Upended The Washington Post
Mullin, Wemple & Robertson, NY Times
New Leadership at CNN Can't Come Soon Enough
Joe Concha, Washington Examiner
Palantir CTO: Political, Economic Freedom Sustain Security
Peter Berkowitz, RCP
America Is Getting Sicker Under Trump & RFK Jr.
Markey & Walensky, Newsweek
What the Media & Experts Aren't Asking About Measles
Cory Franklin, JohnKassNews
Can the Oscars Leave Its Woke Era Behind?
Thom & Dale, Spiked
How the Oscars Made Everyone Hate Them
Sasha Stone, Substack


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