Charlie Sykes

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12 June 2026 16:16

So on Day 105, the War Formerly Known as “Epic Fury,” is back to being a Sitzkrieg. (For you students of history, the term — which means “Sitting war” in German —dates back to the lull in WWII known as the “phony war.”) open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

Max Boot

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03 June 2026 11:56

Oxford Economics, a research firm, said Tuesday in a note to clients that inventories are dwindling so fast that if the Strait of Hormuz remained closed through July, oil prices would climb to levels “difficult to tolerate for long.” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

Jessica Tarlov

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03 June 2026 11:54

There are Democrats who have concerns about Platner, but the idea that we’ll be lectured by folks that support Donald Trump and want Texans to choose Ken Paxton is ludicrous. The man’s wife left him on biblical grounds!

Jessica Tarlov

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03 June 2026 11:54

Mainers know who Platner is and chose him anyway. They want to win that seat and think Platner is best suited to do it.

Tom Nichols

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19 May 2026 02:10

The Executioner! Mack Bolan, the pride of Pittsfield! How was this never made into a decent movie series? I plowed through all those novels; they weren't exactly, uh, literature, but they were fun.