Week of 2026-0315

Sunday 2026 March 15

• G. Elliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “Forget the “MAGA split” on Iran. It’s the independents and soft partisans that matter.“

Monday 2026 March 16

• Ashutosh Jogalekar at 3 Quarks Daily: “On Empathy“
• Jim Hanas at 3 Quarks Daily: “Your Fellow Americans: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know“
• Paul Krugman: “No, America is Not Respected“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “Rube President Continues High Velocity Collision with Reality“

Tuesday 2026 March 17

• Jonathan Kujawa at 3 Quarks Daily: “Math in the AI Era“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “Is Trump a World-Historical Figure?” (gift)

Wednesday 2026 March 18

• Lionel Ramos at KOSU NPR: “Here’s how a 2024 law may have helped sink Oklahoma’s SQ 836“
• Lei Wang at 3 Quarks Daily: “Would You Love Me If I Never Finish My Book?“
• Rebecca Solnit at Meditations in an Emergency: “Today I Need to Say Something About (the Stupidity of) Antisemitism“
• Gabby Birenbaum at The Texas Tribune: “Cornyn, Paxton decline to withdraw from Texas Senate runoff ballot as deadline passes“
• Anne Applebaum at The Atlantic: “Everyone but Trump Understands What He’s Done“
• Robert Reich: “How California Can Neuter ‘Citizens United’ and Improve Democracy for Us All“
• Jamelle Bouie at The New York Times: “This Is What the President Is Fixated on Right Now?” (gift)

Thursday 2026 March 19

• Steve Hely at Helytimes: “Mystery of the 27,574 muskets collected at Gettysburg“
• Steve Hely at Helytimes: “Machine Learning Learning“
• Christopher Hall at 3 Quarks Daily: “Criticism and Critical Thinking“
• Paul Krugman: “Slavery, Tariffs and the Dire Strait“
• Steven Yoder at Talking Points Memo: “Conservative Education Activists Have a New Target: Math Class“
• The Farce: “The man who cannot lose is losing. He still can’t stop.“

Friday 2026 March 20

• Ken MacVey at 3 Quarks Daily: “Why Do We Get Mad at Inanimate Objects?“
• Chris Horner at 3 Quarks Daily: “Your Mad World“
• G. Elliott Morris at Strength in Numbers: “New poll: 58% of voters say the war in Iran is a bad use of taxpayer dollars“
• Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo: “How Magical Thinking and Trump Love Drove the Energy Markets Mad” (gift)

Saturday 2026 March 21

• Mark Hertling at The Bulwark: “Iran Gets a Vote in This War“
• Paul Campos at Lawyers, Guns, and Money: “Fox News’s Book of Martyrs: An infinite series“
• Paul Krugman: “Talking With Robin Brooks“
• Catherine Belton at The Washington Post: “To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt” (gift)
• Howard Altman at The War Zone: “What Boots On The Ground In Iran Could Entail, According To Former CENTCOM Commander“
• Doug Mouder at The Weekly Sift: “Pathocracy“
• Doug Mouder at The Weekly Sift: “The Longer View“
• Sean Campion at Vital City: “New York’s Worst Housing Production Impediment?“
• Vital City: “Dan Garodnick on What Comes After Yes“
• Greg David at The City: “World Cup Economic Bump Is Starting to Look Like a Bust“
• Kevin Underhill at Lowering the Bar: “FEMA Official: Teleporting to Waffle House Was an ‘Incredible Adventure’“
• Wes O’Donnell: “Iran is Winning. We Need to Get Out Right Now“
• Wes O’Donnell: “What Happened to Ukraine’s ATACMS?“
• Jay Willis at Balls and Strikes: “Trump Expects His Judges to Do Whatever He Wants“
• Madiba K. Dennie at Balls and Strikes: “John Roberts Is Hanging District Court Judges Out to Dry“
• Jay Willis at Balls and Strikes: “Jury Decides Afroman Songs Mocking Cops Are Too Funny to Be Defamatory“