…continues to make (good) waves at CBS News.
Category Archives: Media Criticism
The Nature Of The Regime
I hope that Trump has finally figured out that the Islamic Republic of Iran is not an entity with which he can do a deal. If he can keep the strait open, and oil prices down, he won’t have to wait until after the election to get back to the business of ending it.
[Update a few minutes later]
Iran is already begging for a deal; don’t give them one.
Moloch Returns To The Middle East
A piece that I’d forgotten I’d written, over seventeen years ago, that is just as relevant today.
The Qualified
Why they don’t run for office.
— WG MORROW (@WGMorrow) July 9, 2026
How Iran “Won”
The Iranian tankers in China are full because IRAN has no place to put the oil. They were dumping it into the sea right before the ceasefire after they ran out of storage.
— Matt Forney (@mattforney) July 9, 2026
Prices were never better than they were during the ceasefire. The demand for Iranian oil is gone. It was… https://t.co/jRIklCxOfk pic.twitter.com/iwubxaXhtR
The Mullahs are screwed, but sadly, unless the Iranian people can finally overthrow them, they are as well.
On Platner
No, we didn’t all make mistakes. I sure as hell didn’t. I didn’t on Covid, either, or Biden’s obvious cognitive issues. That’s on them, and we should never trust them again, if we ever did.
[Update a few minutes later]
This is reaping the consequences of the politics of unquestioned assumptions.
I like the kicker: “If they were capable of learning lessons from failure, they wouldn’t be Democrats.”
The Value Of Civilization
Yes, space will be viewed as a waste of money until the looters understand its value, and will then try to take control.
The Left’s Caricatures Of Conservatives
Yes, they supported Platner because they fantasized that this would appeal to actual men:
— The Alan Sanders Show 🇺🇸⚓️🐕 (@AlanJSanders) July 8, 2026
This is also why they stupidly thought that Tim Walz would have traction as well. And it’s another example of Haidt’s thesis that the right understands the left far better than vice versa.
Trump’s Anti-Communist Manifesto
It was nice to see a president finally stand up to them.
“…the record is pretty suggestive for Mamdani and Avila Chevalier. But it’s not that way for the other DSA candidates who won recently — Claire Valdez, Melat Kiros, Janeese Lewis-George, and others. On the other hand, all of them are members of the Democratic Socialists of America, and the word “socialist” has always been a key part of the vocabulary of communism, in the 20th century and today. So one could say that Trump’s accusation is reasonably true for some of the DSA comrades who have defeated Democratic candidates and at least adjacent to the beliefs of some others. In other words, it’s close enough for a political campaign.”
Most people forget, or never knew, what the second “S” in USSR stood for.
[Update a while later]
Yes. Socialists should be disqualified for public office for simply being socialists.
I noted on X right after Chevalier’s election that it was hard to see how she could honestly take the oath of office.
And as someone (von Mises? Hayek?) once noted, if socialists understood economics, they wouldn’t be socialists.
There Is No Path
Thoughts on uncertainty and risk, from Sarah Hoyt. Who is also doing a fundraiser.