Trump’s endgame in Iran has become clear—as has his desire to slip away without Americans noticing the magnitude of this defeat, Robert Kagan argues.
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The Economic Experiment That Upended Reality
“The iron law that said raising wages kills jobs is dead. The evidence killed it. What remains is to bury the paradigm that kept it alive—and to rebuild the country it broke,” @NickHanauer and @EricBeinhocker write:
A I is killing this cheap smartphone
NYTimes: There Are Scandals. There Is the Law. And Then There’s This.
There Are Scandals. There Is the Law. And Then There’s This. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/21/opinion/trump-anti-weaponization-fund.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kVA.6kDq.yfVEPJPxf49-&smid=nytcore-android-share
Trump’s Iran War: America’s Loss Is China’s Win
The military historian Phillips O’Brien joins David Frum to discuss the fallout from the war in Iran, Russia’s stalemate with Ukraine, and Trump’s recent meeting with President Xi Jinping in China.
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Trump’s Iran War: America’s Loss Is China’s Win
The military historian Phillips O’Brien joins David Frum to discuss the fallout from the war in Iran, Russia’s stalemate with Ukraine, and Trump’s recent meeting with President Xi Jinping in China.
Watch the full episode:
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****** NYTimes.com: How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever
How to End the Gerrymandering Doom Loop Forever
The political scientist Lee Drutman argues that we should switch to a system of proportional representation and put an end to our “trench warfare politics.”
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