On a chilly Monday just before Thanksgiving, residents of Archbald, Pennsylvania hurried from work in the fading autumn light to snag seats in the old brick Borough Building for a 5 p.m. council meeting. After the roughly 50 seats quickly filled, people continued to pack the room, standing along the walls or wedging themselvesContinue Reading
The drumbeats for expanding our (and Israel’s) war with Iran are loud. Cable news panels talk about strategy. Politicians talk about deterrence. Pentagon briefings talk about targets and timelines. But there’s one thing missing from almost every conversation in Washington. Risk. Not the geopolitical kind. Not the think-tank kind. Real risk. TheContinue Reading
The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . Take a look at the four images below and tell me what you see. If my life depended on it, I could not name a single one of the TV shows pictured here and, if you told me they were allContinue Reading
Hegseth says Iran’s leader is ‘likely disfigured’, Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
commentary MAGA bros hoped the defense secretary would make them feel butch — with Iran war, he embarrasses them Published March 13, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is known for his chest-thumping (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Pete Hegseth has an abnormal obsession with how he looks in photographs. This isContinue Reading
MP Gareth Snell also flagged concerns that the rise in RGD could also grow the black market, but MPs dismissed this as “an overblown threat…Continue Reading
35 of 52 escalators at Berlin Central Station are defective.Continue Reading
Hours earlier, Cuba announced the forthcoming release of 51 prisoners, in what Havana said was a gesture of goodwill.Continue Reading
It may seem early to be drawing lessons from the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, but one of the world’s most powerful militaries has already reached some conclusions. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has published a list on social media under the heading “Five Lessons From U.S.-Israeli Strikes On Iran” –Continue Reading
OPINION — Africa presents a range of security, economic, and humanitarian challenges to US national security that the Intelligence Community must stay ahead of even as Washington looks to refine its strategy for the region. Creative use of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) is one way to make this happen. Commercial remoteContinue Reading
Despite war, al-Quds Day marches in Tehran saw thousands protest, voicing anger against Israel and the US., Despite the war, al-Quds Day marches in Tehran saw thousands protest, voicing anger against Israel and the United States. Protesters hold placards and wave Palestinian flags as they march towards the US embassyContinue Reading
An air attack hit in Tehran as Iran’s chief justice gave lives interview at an al-Quds rally, NewsFeed Iranian state TV video shows the Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i speaking to a reporter when a blast, described by officials as an Israeli strike, hit near the al-Quds Day rally in Tehran.Continue Reading
I had the honor of guest hosting Skeptoid Podcast, and couldn’t resist talking about my favorite thing: science and critical thinking education. Skeptoid Podcast #990: Rethinking Science Education The post Skeptoid Podcast: Rethinking Science Education appeared first on Thinking Is Power.Continue Reading