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I’ve never been sold on the idea that theology is a sound basis for foreign policy. In my experience, the Almighty has never been that easy to push around. Your milage may vary.

Iran finally closed the Strait of Hormuz to watch global oil prices climb, but not enough to destroy demand. Now that the spigot has been closed, Iran can’t close it more.

In Iraq, the rule was “watch your back” and the best way to do that was to know something the other cogs didn’t. The result was system paralysis.

Iran's talk of a Hormuz deal is a loud declaration that it is going to the mattresses.

If the engineers who designed AI can’t control their models, no amount of legislation will either.

It looks like social media is set to be the 8-Track of news media - an innovation not as convenient as advertised and ill-suited for the medium.

This isn’t a peace, but setting a pot on simmer. It’s also better than the alternative.

local stores rarely have the economies of scale required to treat customers like they are being processed out of a refugee camp.

We use confidence as a stand-in for competence. And that's a terrible habit.