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Monday, March 2
How To Think About Trump's War With Iran
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Has Trump Made 'Forever War' Impossible?
Conrad Black, New York Sun
An Unwise and Unconstitutional Attack on Iran
Sen. Tim Kaine, Wall Street Journal
Dems Thrown Into Disarray Over Military Action in Iran
David Smith, The Guardian
For Dem Contenders, Iran War Presents Opportunity & Risk
Byron York, DC Examiner
Gavin Newsom a Lot More Complicated Than You Think
Robin Abcarian, LA Times
California's Green Policies the Real Jim Crow 2.0
Joel Kotkin, New York Post
Texas Senate Primary Is Heated & GOP Is Worried
Rodriguez & Zitner, Wall St. Journal
Beshear & Talarico: Radicals in ‘Christian’ Wrapping
Robert Knight, Washington Times
Trump & Bibi's Attack on Iran an Illegal Act of Aggression
Kenneth Roth, Guardian
The Left's Hypocrisy on Iran
Brendan O'Neill, Spiked
Why We Have a Sixth Amendment
Alan Dershowitz, RealClearPolitics
Angel Families Will Not Be Silent
Joe Abraham, Substack
European Commission Wants Your Free Speech. X Is In the Way
Adina Portaru, RCP
The Downside to Banning Children From Social Media
Taylor Lorenz, The Guardian
Candace Owens' Attacks on Erika Kirk Are Evil
Nicole Russell, USA Today
America Turns 250: Our ‘GLORIOUS LIBERTY DOCUMENT’
John Teichert, RCP
Harvard-Harris '28: R: Vance 43,Trump Jr. 27,Rubio 14, DeSantis 8 | D:Harris+15
Tuesday, March 3
What Is Behind the Strategy To Take Out Iran's Leadership?
Gordon Corera, BBC News


Strike First, Strike Hard, Skip the Nation-Building
Victor Davis Hanson, Am. Greatness
Hegseth Sets Tone for Politically Incorrect War on Iran
Andrew Roth, The Guardian
Vance Backs Operation After Years of Opposing Intervention
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Assassination Attempts Played Into Trump Decision
Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post
When Will Kash Patel Unleash Epic Fury on the FBI?
Roger Kimball, The Spectator
5 Things To Watch in First Primaries of 2026 Midterms
Robillard & Delaney, HuffPost
Trump's SOTU Speech a Win, But It's Not Enough
David DesRosiers, RealClearPolitics
Graduate Loans Should Reflect Earnings
Kelly McManus, Washington Monthly
Virginia's Largest School District Is Unraveling
Stephanie Lundquist-Arora, Daily Signal
Can Billionaire Tax Cure California Healthcare Woes?
Ana Kasparian, RCInvestigations
Murdered Mom Deserves Better Than Lame Excuses
Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles
Has Contemporary Fiction Ignored the Working Class?
Rachel Cote, The Nation
Republican Candidates Can't Ignore the Cost of Living
Tiffany Smiley, RealClearPolitics
Iraq, Iran, Irate
Harold Meyerson, American Prospect
Move To Take Out Khamenei Shouldn't Be Surprising
Matthew Schmitz, Compact
Library Advocates, Parental Choice and Drag Queen Story Hour
Susan Crabtree, RCP
TX Sen (YouGov): R: Paxton 36, Cornyn 32, Hunt 17 | D: Talarico 53, Crockett 40
Wednesday, March 4
The Trump-Netanyahu Call That Changed the Middle East
Caputo & Ravid, Axios


Iran Struggling To Function Amid Fight for Survival
Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
Occupational Hazards: How To Avoid 'Forever War'
James Antle, Washington Examiner
Trump's Series of Rationales, Some Contradicting Each Other
S.V. Date, HuffPost
On Iran, Democrats Offer Only Partisanship
Penn & Stein, Wall Street Journal
Rep. Crenshaw Loses to GOP Primary Challenger in TX
Megan Lebowitz, NBC News
Incumbent Cornyn Pushed Into GOP Runoff With Paxton
McIntire & Altimari, Roll Call
A Republic Cannot Function Without Trust in Elections
Brian Kennedy, Blaze Media
One Question To Ask After OpenAI's Deal With the Pentagon
Sigal Samuel, Vox
The Crazy Things Democrats Believe
Victor Joecks, Las Vegas Review-Journal
The Problem With Mamdani and Trump's Big Housing Plan
Errol Louis, NY Magazine
Polk and the 5,106 Votes That Changed America
Walter Borneman, Coolidge Review
Perils of a Power Vacuum in Iran
Stephen Holmes, Project Syndicate
Why We Must Finish What We Started With Iran's Regime
Hugh Hewitt, FOX News
Do Not Ever Contemplate U.S. Ground Troops in Iran
Erik Prince, War Room
War, Oil and the World Economy
Paul Krugman, Substack
Khamenei Obits Make NYT and Wash Post Look Stupid
Tom Bevan, RCP on SiriusXM
Latest Polls: Public Disapproves of Military Action Against Iran |Trump Approval
Thursday, March 5
Trump Wants a Quick Victory in Iran. But It May Be Costly
Luke Broadwater, NYTimes


The Democrats’ Instant ‘No’
Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal
Time to End the American-Israeli Alliance
Ryan Cooper, The American Prospect
Iran a Reminder of the Public Square We Take for Granted
Siggins & Toloczko, RCP
What We Learned From the Texas Primaries
Sean Trende, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
Can Democrats Resist the Siren Song of the Left?
Ruy Teixeira, The Liberal Patriot
Is Talarico the Real Deal or Beto 2.0 Headed for a TX Flop?
Mark Halperin, FOX News
Unapologetic Faith Is Talarico's Secret Weapon
Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons, MS Now
Talarico's Creepy 'White Skin' Tweets Are Disqualifying
Charles Cooke, NRO
Good Riddance, Jasmine Crockett
Quoth the Raven, Substack
Tuesday Results Put Incumbents on Notice in 2026 Primaries
Sotomayor, et al, WP
Dan Crenshaw Lost MAGA Voters a Long Time Ago
Emily Jashinsky, UnHerd
Ruby Ridge Reckoning Reveals Lessons for ICE
Levin & Cumberbatch, RealClearPolitics
Anti-ICE Violence, the Insurrection Act & Jefferson Davis
William Watkins, Chronicles
Suing Schools That Hide Trans Kids' Identities From Parents
John Murawski, RCI
Candace Owens: A Disney Villain of Her Own Making
Sasha Stone, Substack
Lou Holtz Was Much More Than a Football Coach
Jerome Bettis, X
Maine Dem Senate (Pan Atlantic): Platner 46, Mills 39, Costello 4 | More '26
Friday, March 6
Testing New Model: 'Decapitate and Delegate'
Bergengruen & Ward, Wall Street Journal


Iran's Strategy Seems To Center on Endurance, Deterrence
Amir Azimi, BBC News
Iranian Intelligence Sends Word to U.S. on Potential Talks
Kevin Liptak, CNN
Trump Doctrine of 'Declare Victory and Leave' Goes Back to '07
John Nolte, Breitbart
In TX, Trump Flirts With Defying His Own Movement
Natalie Allison, Washington Post
10 Times Cornyn Betrayed Trump and MAGA
Shawn Fleetwood, The Federalist
Texas Democrats Once More Dreaming of What Could Be
Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
For America's 250th, Make the Senate Talk Again
Anna Pingel, RealClearPolitics
Rep. Gonzales, Short on Friends and Options, Ends Bid in TX
Steve Benen, MS Now
China's Birthright Infiltration
John Shu, Commonplace
Dems Still Calling for Investigations of Fired DHS Sec Noem
Philip Wegmann, RCP
Murder in a Sanctuary County
Timothy Carney, Washington Examiner
Now Streaming! Clinton Depositions Best New Drama
Monica Hesse, Washington Post
When Compassion Replaces Competence
Noosheen Hashemi, RealClearPolitics
Trump's World Cup Plot
James Billot, UnHerd
In Defense of Israel's Legitimacy
Manent & Mahoney, Civitas Outlook
America and Israel: Divisive Politics, Decisive Defense
Noah Glyn, RealClearDefense
GA (Emerson): Ossoff (D) 48, Collins (R) 43 | GOP Gov: Jones +1 | GOP Senate
Saturday, March 7
Good Sign: Debate Among Conservatives on Iran
Nicole Russell, USA Today
Can Trump Avoid 'Magical Thinking'?
John Bennett, Roll Call
U.S. and Venezuela Agree To Re-Establish Diplomatic Ties
Rebecca Falconer, Axios
Iran: Ends and Means
Francis Sempa, RealClearDefense
On Iran, Democrats Thread the Needle With a Single Word
Ali Vitali, MS Now
2020 Election Anomalies Have Not Been Debunked
John O'Connor, Am. Greatness
Lawmakers Debate Bill To Blackmail Sanctuary Cities
Whitney Wimbish, Am. Prospect
The FBI's 'Prohibited Access' Files
Matt Taibbi, Racket News
A Tale of Two Senate Seats
Kimberley Strassel, Wall Street Journal
Cornyn's Anti-Trump Record May Be His Undoing
Bradley Jaye, Breitbart
In Memoriam: The Rev. Jesse Jackson
John Nichols, The Nation
FDA's Controversial Vaccines Chief Will Leave Agency
Liz Whyte, Wall Street Journal
What Kennedy Actually Said About Dunkin' and Starbucks
Adam Garrie, Substack
A Solution Everyone With Aging Parents Should Know About
Courtney Martin, Vox
The Economics of the Jerk Store
Cass & Kishi, Commonplace
Is Tariffs Ruling the Proper Domain of Supreme Court?
Jay Cost, DC Examiner
The Final Voyage of the Iranian Warship Sunk by the U.S.
Soutik Biswas, BBC News
Latest Polls: Senate | Trump Approval | Iran | Generic Vote | Gov | '28: Dem, GOP
Sunday, March 8
Where Is the Iran War Headed?
Robin Wright, The New Yorker
Unconditional Surrender: When Wars Are Fought To Win
Roger Kimball, Am Greatness
The Mirage of a New Middle East
Dalia Dassa Kaye, Foreign Affairs
Military Action Against Iran Is Just and Necessary
Peter Berkowitz, RealClearPolitics
The Cards Xi Jinping Could Play Against Trump's Iran War
Henry Olsen, DC Examiner
Walz Talks About the 'Generational Trauma' His State Has Faced
Karen Tumulty, WP
Passing the SAVE Act To Save Cornyn Is a Fair Deal
David Marcus, FOX News
Dem Attorneys General Lead Fight To Stop Trump
Rachel Leingang, The Guardian
Texas Primary Exposed Cracks in Dem Coalition
Derek Hunter, Townhall
The Corporate Conspiracy of Silence on Affordability
Anne Kim, Washington Monthly
How 8 Dems Could Elect a GOP Governor in California
Pete Peterson, California Post
Sympathy for the Gavin
Bill Whalen, Washington Free Beacon
Noem Everything a Cabinet Member Not Supposed To Be
R.T. Beckwith, MS Now
'Self-Serving Glory Hound' Kristi Noem Got What She Deserved
Rich Lowry, NY Post
Learning To Win
John Tillman, RealClearPolitics
How Tech Oligarchs Are Reshaping Humanity
Eduardo Porter, The Guardian
God Broke the Mold With Lou Holtz
Bevan, Cannon & Walworth, RCP on SiriusXM


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