War Rations
Plus: Pete Hegseth spends millions on lobster tail and rib-eye steak, oil prices go for another roller-coaster ride, no inflation increase, and more...
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Very Complete?
Plus: Trump waves off missile blame, Virginia's latest firearms ban, a California representative leaves the GOP, and more...
Will SCOTUS Review the Iran War's Constitutionality? Don't Count on It.
The judiciary is largely absent from the long-running constitutional debate over undeclared foreign wars.
Will the War in Iran Crash the Global Economy?
Plus: Kristi Noem is fired as DHS secretary, a listener asks about libertarian drug use, and new polling reveals Americans distrust AI and each other.
Trump Supports Asylum for Iranian Women's Soccer Team. His Immigration Policy Doesn't.
The president's advocacy is laudable, yet completely at odds with everything else he has said on the subject.
What Is Life Like Beneath the Bombs of the Iran War?
Reason speaks with civilians about wartime life in Iran, Israel, Kuwait, and Bahrain.
March Madness
Plus: A seventh American has been killed in the Iran conflict, the U.S. is almost certainly responsible for school strike, how Lindsey Graham helped start the war, and more...
Why J.D. Vance Is a Risky Bet for Republicans in 2028
Vance's support for unpopular policies could spell trouble for the GOP in 2028. But this could be a good thing for the party's future, says Jonah Goldberg.
Jobs Are Down While the U.S. Spends $2 Billion a Day on War With Iran
The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that instead of adding jobs last month, the economy lost nearly 100,000.
Trump Bragged About Lower Gas Prices. Then He Bombed Iran.
You can have low gas prices or war in the Middle East, but not both.
Noem Out at DHS
Plus: Markwayne Mullin tapped, people will die, Lone Star beer comes to D.C., and more...
Senate Punts on Iran War Powers as Ground War Grows More Likely
Lawmakers are refusing to acknowledge what is increasingly looking like a big, long war.
Karoline Leavitt's Unfair Criticism of CNN's Coverage
When Americans die, the administration is going to get questions.
Yes, the Iran War Is a 'War of Choice,' and a Bad One
Supporters of Trump's actions want to create an aura of necessity to shield the president from urgent criticism.
My New Dispatch Article on "Why Donald Trump's Iran War is Unconstitutional"
The article explains why the war requires congressional authorization,and why this requirement is important.
Trade Wars, Meet Actual Wars
Plus: Congress shrugs, a cat cafe unionizes, and Liz Wolfe checks in, and more...
Yes, States May Prosecute ICE Agents for Misconduct
Plus: An unsettling comparison between the Iran War and “Lyndon Johnson going into Vietnam.”
Jonah Goldberg: The GOP Is Becoming Anti-Conservative
Jonah Goldberg discusses the Iran war, Trump’s governing style, the rise of the populist right, and why he believes the GOP is drifting away from conservatism.
Arm the Resistance?
Plus: Yes, it's a war; nuclear options; Texas' primary election; Bad Bunny's big show, and more...
A Few Republicans Think War With Iran Is a Bad Idea
"I mean, look, America is a republic, not an empire," Rep. Warren Davidson said on Monday. It's time for Congress to act like it.
Forever Wars
Plus: The shifting rationale for the war in Iran, the new HBO, solving the loneliness crisis, and more...
The Iran War Is Unconstitutional
The president has no lawful authority to launch a war absent a congressional declaration of war.
Trump's War With Iran Is Unjustified and Unpopular
Plus: Congress is reluctant to assert its war powers, the Pentagon brands Anthropic a national security threat, and a listener asks whether regime change is ever morally defensible.
The Goalposts of the Iran War Keep Shifting
Trump and his team can’t get their story straight on why they started this war, how long they plan to fight it, and whether they'll put boots on the ground.
Bombed Iran
Plus: 3 Americans killed in retaliation, former President Bill Clinton testifies about Jeffrey Epstein, and more...
Trump Should Have Made His Case for War to Congress and the American People
The administration was wrong to unilaterally and unconstitutionally commit the U.S. to war.
Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Is Reported Dead
Khamenei's rule was marked by a combination of cruelty and incompetence. His death may have unfolded much the same way.
"Law Is Irrelevant to the U.S. Attack on Iran," by Prof. Jack Goldsmith (Harvard)
"And Congress is on the hook as much as the president."
An Unconstitutional War
Trump's attack on Iran is obviously unconstitutional. The moral and policy issues are a closer call.
Trump and Israel Start the Iran War
The war is aimed at regime change, has spread across the Middle East, and was started without the consent of the American people.
Why Don't Democratic Leaders Want To Vote on the Iran War?
A war powers resolution has been stuck in Congress—and Democrats are reportedly happy to let Trump walk into a quagmire.
Trump Replaces Old Illegal Tariffs With New Illegal Tariffs
Plus: The U.S. could be going to war with Iran, the 2026 Winter Olympic Games, and why AI surveillance is worrying civil libertarians
Iran Is Trying To Silence Dissent. Western Media Are Breaking Through Anyway.
Satellite broadcasting is a strategic counter to state censorship.
War With Iran?
Plus: the same ole hawkish lies, a familial connection to Barry Goldwater's nomination, and the future of media is prediction markets on Substack.
The Hawks Are Lying Us Into Yet Another Middle Eastern War
Like the Iraq War, the planned war with Iran is built on false premises. Unlike the Iraq War, there hasn’t even been a real public debate.
Can Iran's Protest Movement Topple the Regime?
Exiled journalist Fardad Farahzad discusses how Iranians get uncensored news, the state of the protest movement, and whether the Islamic Republic is losing its grip on power.
The Trump Administration Plans To Deport Iranians Amid Deadly Crackdown in Iran
With thousands of people dead in Iran, the Trump administration still plans to go ahead with a deportation flight as early as this weekend.
Why Doesn't Regime Change Ever Seem To Work?
The problem is not that revolution is bad or that some cultures can’t rule themselves—it’s that social engineering is hard.
Heating Up
Plus: School integration, retribution for Iran, death to credentialism, and more...
Minnesota Not So Nice
Plus: Solitary confinement for teens, the Disneyfication of protest, Alito asks about gender, autistic Barbie, and more...
End the Fed? Or Turn It Over to Trump?
Plus: ICE shootings divide the country, the Iran uprising intensifies, and California targets billionaires with a wealth tax
Iran's Inflation Protests Turned Into an Uprising. Will Trump Get Involved?
The unrest started with a merchants' strike, escalated into a bloody crackdown—and might become an American war.
A Breakable Regime
Plus: Wealth tax barely understood by its proponents, Jerome Powell investigated, why sobriety sucks, and more...
Here Are 5 Wars Trump Started or Expanded in 2025
The U.S. military is fighting or preparing to fight in more countries than it was when the self-proclaimed "peace president" took office.
Trump Administration Drops Effort to Deport Chinese Dissident Guan Heng to Uganda
This is likely the result of the massive public outcry supporting Guan. But Trump continues to deport other dissidents and victims of persecution back to their oppressors.
