Asia Times: Iran may be where the US-led order ends
The February 2026 strike on Iran has raised serious questions about both the credibility and sustainability of US leadership in the region.
The February 2026 strike on Iran has raised serious questions about both the credibility and sustainability of US leadership in the region.
Goats are everywhere in Malawi. With a population exceeding 10 million as of 2024 and growing, they will surely overtake the human adult population of 12 million soon if they haven’t already.
After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today.
I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this… pic.twitter.com/prtu86DpEr— Joe Kent (@joekent16jan19) March 17, 2026
“Ask yourself whether you are willing to kill in an unjust war, whether decrees from the US government can provide sufficient moral justification for you to slaughter folks in Afghanistan or Nicaragua (in my day), or anywhere, and whether being called a coward is more frightening than selling your soul, so to speak.
For me the answer is no, but I am long past the draft age. What is your answer?
Think, consider, and act today!”—Jim Fedako, “Having the Manhood To Be a Coward”
It is often observed that Rothbard’s political opinions were controversial, especially in his later years when he forged an alliance with paleo-conservatives. He defended states’ rights and saluted the heroes of the South—Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, and Nathan Bedford Forrest—and that is certainly controversial.
Paul Ehrlich, the leading false prophet of inevitable environmental doom and author of the infamous The Population Bomb, has died at age 93.