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Monday, March 23, 2026
Claims About Genetic Superiority Ignore the Real Drivers of Human Inequality
Topics: Income disparity, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 9:55 am | No Comments »
Links 3/23/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 17 Comments »
Iran War: Trump’s 48 Hour Deadline Approaches; Soldiers Fearful as Lindsey Graham Calls for Their Sacrifice; Complacency in Face of Intersecting Shortages, Like Food and Plastics
Today’s Iran war update: Let us hope that this saying proves not to be germane – Things look the darkest before they go completely black.”
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Investment outlook, Japan, Macroeconomic policy, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 129 Comments »
War Widens to the Caspian. Why Isn’t Iran Attacking Azerbaijan?
Iran issues warnings to Baku as Israel strikes its Caspian fleet in maritime space shared with Russia.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Europe, Middle East, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 5 Comments »
Boomerangs of Empire: Latin America as Colonial Laboratory
A Latin America case study on how the pursuit of empire has come to haunt the US.
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:30 am | 1 Comment »
Links 3/22/2026
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 6:55 am | 43 Comments »
Iran War: Trump Issues 48 Hour Unhinged Ultimatum to Iran; Iran Vows Mass Destruction Countermeasures; Israel Takes Hit to Dimona Area, Other Blows After Second Firing on Iran Nuclear Reactor Site ; More Warnings of Deep Damage from Strait of Hormuz Closure, LNG Reduction Effects
Today’s Iran war update: Trump threatens action which will lead to Iran retaliation that will destroy the world economy. Will he proceed?
Topics: China, Commodities, Credit markets, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Investment outlook, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 318 Comments »
The Sunday Morning Movie Presents: Solaris (1972) Run Time: 2H 47M
Solaris is a film about the nature of memory and human encounters with the alien.
Topics: Guest Post, Sunday morning Antidote movie
Posted by semper loquitur at 6:30 am | 18 Comments »
Apocalypse Now— West Asia Edition
The empire has backed itself into a corner: admit defeat or resort to increasingly deranged measures.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Middle East
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 19 Comments »
Links 3/21/2026
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 71 Comments »
Iran War: Trump Escalates via Preparation for Ground Assault; Israel Takes More Pounding, Husbands Air Defenses; Coming Helium, Jet Fuel Shortages; Prospects for Vastly Higher Oil Prices
Trump gives trademark mixed signals as the US moves to deploy special forces in the Iran war in the face of kinetic and economic losses.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 342 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Iran, Israel, and World War III
Michael Hudson provides a deep dive into US foreign policy and its use of dollar dominance.
Topics: China, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Globalization, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:13 am | 29 Comments »
Many ACA Customers Are Paying Higher Premiums. Most Blame Trump and Republicans, Poll Finds.
ACA premium hikes and loss of Covid-era additional support are creating a coverage crisis, deservedly adding to Republican midterm woes.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:08 am | 7 Comments »
Coffee Break: Breaking American Science, COVID Undercount, Food Politics, St. Patrick, and a Brief Diversion
Part the First: The Slow Death of Biomedical Research Continues in the United States. We have covered this before, but the entire unfolding situation gets more surreal by the week. STAT News has been a go-to source, as in NIH will spend its full budget this year, agency director promises House appropriators. The first shot […]
Topics: Coffee Break, Garrulous insolence, Health care, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values
Posted by KLG at 2:00 pm | 18 Comments »
Manure-to-Energy Project Touted as Climate Fix Emits Thousands of Tons of Methane
Manure digesters for cattle are yet another rentier-enriching climate con.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 12 Comments »



