Daily Favorites (March 11, 2026) Strikes on Iran Continue

This is my new page that links to some of my daily favorite readings on leadership.:  If they stretch the imagination and add to our understanding of the psychology of people, then I’m interested.  Normally, I post two (2) articles that I think are worthwhile to read.   There are articles here you will not want to read; read them anyway:

[March 9, 2026]  PowerLineBlog:

  1. The war comes home – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/03/the-war-comes-home.php
  2. President Trump recommends – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/03/president-trump-recommends.php

[March 8, 2026]  Legal Insurrection:

  1. Trump Draws Line: No Bills Signed Until SAVE Act Passes – https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/trump-draws-line-no-bills-signed-until-save-act-passes/
  2. Israeli Strike Eliminates Chief of Military Office of Iran’s Supreme Leader – https://legalinsurrection.com/2026/03/israeli-strike-eliminates-chief-of-military-office-of-irans-supreme-leader/

[March 7, 2026]  American Thinker:

  1. Move Over COVID: TDS is Here – https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/move_over_covid_tds_is_here.html
  2. The United States is the World Policeman – https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/03/the_united_states_is_the_world_policeman.html

[March 6, 2026]  Commentary:

  1. Why It Was So Easy for Newsom To Throw the Jews to the Wolves – https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/why-it-was-so-easy-for-newsom-to-throw-the-jews-to-the-wolves/
  2. The Evil of Empathy – https://www.commentary.org/articles/christine-rosen/anna-krauthamer-empathy-evil/

[March 5, 2026]  Jewish World Review:

  1. When a tyrant dies – https://jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby030526.php
  2. Iran’s Last Hope Is American Division – https://jewishworldreview.com/0326/shapiro030526.php

[March 4, 2026]  NY Post Opinion:

  1. Permissive parents skew left, strict ones right — US parenting has become political like never before – https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/opinion/permissive-parents-skew-left-strict-ones-right-us-parenting-has-become-political-like-never-before/
  2. Miranda Devine: Hillary Clinton’s Epstein testimony backfires completely — setting up potential tit-for-tat for Trump – https://nypost.com/2026/03/04/opinion/miranda-devine-hillary-clintons-epstein-testimony-backfires-completely-setting-up-potential-tit-for-tat-for-trump/

[March 3, 2026]  Beyond the Ideological:

  1. The Iran Question Is All About China – https://www.zinebriboua.com/p/the-iran-question-is-all-about-china
  2. Under Beijing’s Wing: Iran’s Arsenal – https://www.zinebriboua.com/p/under-beijings-wing-irans-arsenal

[March 2, 2026]  American Greatness:

  1. Operation Epic Fury and the Fall of the Mullahs – https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/01/operation-epic-fury-and-the-fall-of-the-mullahs/
  2. Marco Rubio and America Alone – https://amgreatness.com/2026/03/02/marco-rubio-and-america-alone/

[March 1, 2026]  Noah Pollak @NoahPollak on X:

  1. One of Trump’s greatest legacies will be how he blew up a half-century of western diffidence, restraint, and failure on terrorism. – https://twitter.com/NoahPollak/status/2027770547451408733
  2. I don’t understand at this point what the EU thinks it’s even doing. – https://x.com/NoahPollak/status/2028196220754362638

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[February 28, 2026]  The Washington Free Beacon:

  1. A Tale of Two Reactions: Iranian Civilians Cheer, American Leftists Shriek as Trump Strikes Iran – https://freebeacon.com/national-security/a-tale-of-two-reactions-iranian-civilians-cheer-american-leftists-shriek-as-trump-strikes-iran/
  2. Newsom’s Racist Pandering Echoes Proud Democratic Tradition – https://freebeacon.com/democrats/newsoms-racist-pandering-echoes-proud-democratic-tradition/

[February 27, 2026]  Gatestone Institute:

  1. The Middle East: A Stack of Fake Narratives, An Attempted Fake ‘Palestinian State’ and the Real Threat to the West – https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22304/palestinians-fake-narratives
  2. Spain’s Government: Spinning Out of Control – https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22293/spain-government-spinning-out-of-control

[February 26, 2026]  The New Criterion:

  1. Dishonorable discharge – https://newcriterion.com/article/dishonorable-discharge/
  2. Just about justice – https://newcriterion.com/article/just-about-justice/

[February 25, 2026]  American Greatness:

  1. The Graveyard of Destructive Ideas – https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/24/the-graveyard-of-destructive-ideas/
  2. The Left’s Elastic Principles On Judicial Authority – https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/22/the-lefts-elastic-principles-on-judicial-authority/

[February 24, 2026]  RedState:

  1. Newsom Sticks Another Fork in His Faltering Campaign Before It Begins With This Remark About Kamala – https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/02/24/gavin-newsom-remarks-action-in-south-carolina-n2199499
  2. The Iconic Photographs That Haunt the Left — Because They Have No Answer – https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/24/the-iconic-photographs-that-haunt-the-left-because-they-have-no-answer-n2199503

[February 23, 2026]  Bussels Signal:

  1. Polite as it was, ‘Shape up or we’ll ship out’ was Rubio’s message to Europe – https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/02/polite-as-it-was-shape-up-or-well-ship-out-was-rubios-message-to-europe/
  2. The death of technocracy and the return to ideology – https://brusselssignal.eu/2026/02/the-death-of-technocracy-and-the-return-to-ideology/

[February 22, 2026]  The Washington Free Beacon:

  1. The Slavery Story You Won’t Learn in School – https://freebeacon.com/culture/the-slavery-story-you-wont-learn-in-school
  2. Jasmine Crockett Must Be Heard: The Democratic Party’s War on Black Excellence Is Out of Control – https://freebeacon.com/democrats/jasmine-crockett-must-be-heard-the-democratic-partys-war-on-black-excellence-is-out-of-control/

[February 21, 2026]  PowerLineBlog:

  1. $16 TRILLION AND COUNTING – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/02/16-trillion-and-counting.php
  2. REEFER MADNESS – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/02/reefer-madness.php

[February 20, 2026]  The Aspen Beat:

  1. Are the Supreme Court Justices “black-robed despots” deserving our “utter contempt”? – https://theaspenbeat.com/2026/02/20/are-the-supreme-court-justices-black-robed-despots-deserving-our-utter-contempt/
  2. AI has already solved the energy crisis, but not in the way you think – https://theaspenbeat.com/2026/02/18/ai-has-already-solved-the-energy-crisis-but-not-in-the-way-you-think/

[February 19, 2026]  Jewish World Review:

  1. When electricity becomes a weapon of war – https://jewishworldreview.com/0226/russia-ukraine-electricity.php
  2. All these new independents are making politics more partisan – https://jewishworldreview.com/0226/drucker021926.php

[February 18, 2026]  The Daily Signal:

  1. Minnesota Pastor Breaks Silence on Don Lemon – https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/18/minneapolis-pastor-jonathan-parnell-says-don-lemon-was-terror-church-invasion/
  2. Interfaith Worship Should Be a Sign of Peace, but Leftist Agitators Brought Terror – https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/02/19/interfaith-worship-should-be-a-sign-of-peace-but-leftist-agitators-brought-terror/

[February 17, 2026]  First Things:

  1. Tim Walz’s K–12 Racial Ideology Regime – https://firstthings.com/tim-walzs-k-12-racial-ideology-regime/
  2. Deliver Us from Evil – https://firstthings.com/deliver-us-from-evil-2/

[February 16, 2026]  Blacklisted:

  1. Predators – https://evebarlow.substack.com/p/predators
  2. Jamie Geller’s “No Reservations” – https://evebarlow.substack.com/p/jamie-gellers-no-reservations

[February 15, 2026]  The New Criterion:

  1. Cold collectivism – https://newcriterion.com/article/cold-collectivism/
  2. More than doctrinaire – https://newcriterion.com/article/more-than-doctrinaire/

[February 14, 2026]  Pirate Wires:

  1. Meet the Architects of California’s Billionaire Tax – https://www.piratewires.com/p/who-wrote-california-wealth-tax-proposal
  2. The ‘Mostly Peaceful’ Thousand-Year Arab Slave Trade – https://www.piratewires.com/p/the-mostly-peaceful-thousand-year

[February 13, 2026]  American Greatness:

  1. The Bigger Problem that the Tim Walz NGO Scandal Has Exposed – https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/13/the-bigger-problem-that-the-tim-walz-ngo-scandal-has-exposed/
  2. Buy Local, Marry Local—College, Globalism, and Reversing Civilizational Decline – https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/13/buy-local-marry-local-college-globalism-and-reversing-civilizational-decline/

[February 12, 2026]  The American Mind:

  1. The Left’s Long Game in Latin America – https://americanmind.org/salvo/the-lefts-long-game-in-latin-america/
  2. Real Classical Education – https://americanmind.org/salvo/real-classical-education/

[February 11, 2026]  HughHewitt:

  1. Former Senator Jim Talent on President Trump’s maneuverings on Iran and on Cuba (video 13:25 minutes) – https://hughhewitt.com/video/former-senator-jim-talent-on-president-trumps-maneuverings-on-iran-and-on-cuba
  2. Sanity Restored – https://hughhewitt.com/sanity-restored

[February 10, 2026]  Commentary:

  1. What Did You Expect, Starmer? – https://www.commentary.org/seth-mandel/what-did-you-expect-starmer/
  2. The Case for Greenland – https://www.commentary.org/articles/mike-cote/greenland-american-interests/

[February 9, 2026]  City Journal:

  1. San Diego State Wants Students to “Interrogate Capitalism” – https://www.city-journal.org/article/san-diego-state-university-ethnic-studies-internships-mellon-foundation
  2. Is Football Doomed? – https://www.city-journal.org/article/chuck-klosterman-football-nfl

[February 8, 2026]  The Washington Free Beacon:

  1. Do the Ends No Longer Justify the Means? – https://freebeacon.com/culture/do-the-ends-no-longer-justify-the-means/
  2. Kicking and Screaming Against America and Israel – https://freebeacon.com/culture/kicking-and-screaming-against-america-and-israel/

[February 7, 2026]  Gatestone Institute:

  1. When Tyrants Beg for Talks: The Danger of Empowering Iran’s Soul Crushing Murder Factory Once Again – https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22261/iran-tyrants-beg-for-talks
  2. ‘Suicidal Empathy’: Is the West Committing Suicide-by-Compassion? – https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/22238/suicidal-empathy

[February 6, 2026]  New York Post Opinion:

  1. Douglas Murray: Kamala Harris returning to the political landscape can be best described by Gen Z as ‘cringe’ – https://nypost.com/2026/02/05/opinion/kamala-harris-returning-to-the-political-landscape-can-be-best-described-by-gen-z-as-cringe/
  2. Miranda Devine: Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson removed any shred of impartiality by applauding anti-ICE speeches at the Grammys – https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/opinion/miranda-devine-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-removed-any-shred-of-impartiality-by-applauding-anti-ice-speeches-at-the-grammys/

[February 5, 2026]  RealClear Politics:

  1. Sen. Schmitt: American People Are Over “Racism,” It’s Not 2020 Anymore – https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/02/04/sen_schmitt_american_people_are_over_racism_its_not_2020_anymore.html
  2. “Unknowns” Host Charlie Stone Interviews Biden’s Diversity Chief Michael Leach: The End Of DEI? – https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2026/02/04/unknowns_host_charlie_stone_interviews_bidens_diversity_chief_michael_leach_the_end_of_dei.html

[February 4, 2026]  The Babylon Bee:

  1. ‘The Injuns Are A-Comin!’ Cries Billie Eilish Loading Musket To Defend Home From Tribe Of Redskins – https://babylonbee.com/news/the-injuns-are-a-comin-cries-billie-eilish-loading-musket-to-defend-home-from-tribe-of-redskins
  2. 10 Ways To Come Out As A Conservative To Your Liberal Parents – https://babylonbee.com/news/10-ways-to-come-out-as-a-conservative-to-your-liberal-parents

[February 3, 2026]  Defiant L’s on X:

  1. Jesse Watters: “Statistically, the trans population has been prone to violence. That’s not villainizing, that’s reality.” – https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2018683390694728085
  2. “In five years, scientists predict we will have the 1st ice-free Arctic.” This was in 2009, btw. – https://x.com/DefiantLs/status/2018680873965752661

[February 2, 2026]  Civitas Institute:

  1. Trump’s Jeffersonian Foreign Policy – https://www.civitasinstitute.org/research/trumps-jeffersonian-foreign-policy
  2. ICE and the Fourth Amendment – https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/ice-and-the-fourth-amendment-69654d4d-8401-4d1c-9b21-edc28649a30d

[February 1, 2026]  American Greatness:

  1. Conservatism’s Case for Cheerful Realism – https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/01/conservatisms-case-for-cheerful-realism/
  2. Minnesota, the Land of 10,000 Lunatics, Turning Red This Year? – https://amgreatness.com/2026/02/01/minnesota-the-land-of-10000-lunatics-turning-red-this-year/

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[January 31, 2026]  New York Post Opinion:

  1. Michael Goodwin: Mayor Mamdani’s political honeymoon is over — homeless deaths reveal his arrogance – https://nypost.com/2026/01/31/opinion/michael-goodwinmayor-mamdanis-refusal-to-shelter-homeless-new-yorkers-has-gotham-under-mayhem/
  2. Editorial Board: Crime and consequence – https://nypost.com/2026/01/31/opinion/crime-and-consequence/

[January 30, 2026]  Pirate Wires:

  1. Death by Ballot Prop: How California Outsourced Legislation to the Mob – https://www.piratewires.com/p/california-ballot-prop-history-wealth-tax
  2. The Secret NIMBY Millionaire Behind California’s Asset Seizure – https://www.piratewires.com/p/the-secret-nimby-millionaire-behind

[January 29, 2026]  John Kass:

  1. Obama’s Fingerprints All Over Investigations of Trump And Clinton – https://johnkassnews.com/obamas-fingerprints-all-over-investigations-of-trump-and-clinton/
  2. Another Chicago Useful Media Idiot Goes Gentle in That Good Night – https://johnkassnews.com/another-chicago-useful-media-idiot-goes-gentle-in-that-good-night/

[January 28, 2026]  Sasha Stone:

  1. Why the Democrats Fail in the Art of War – https://www.sashastone.com/p/why-the-democrats-fail-in-the-art
  2. An Open Letter to Peter Baker of the New York Times – https://www.sashastone.com/p/an-open-letter-to-peter-baker-of

[January 27, 2026]  Quillette:

  1. The Supreme Leader’s Reckoning – https://quillette.com/2026/01/27/the-supreme-leaders-reckoning-iran-protests/
  2. The Destruction and the Resurrection – https://quillette.com/2026/01/26/the-destruction-and-the-resurrection/

[January 26, 2026]  The American Thinker:

  1. Jack Smith: The Three-Time Loser – https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/jack_smith_the_three_time_loser.html
  2. Minnesota Shows Why the Left Will Win America’s 2026 Civil War – https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/01/minnesota_shows_why_the_left_will_win_america_s_2026_civil_war.html

[January 25, 2026]  New York Post Opinion:

  1. Miranda Devine: More martyrs for cynical Dems after fatal Alex Pretti shooting – https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/opinion/miranda-devine-more-martyrs-for-cynical-dems-after-alex-pretti-shooting/
  2. What Trump’s next move needs to be in Minneapolis – https://nypost.com/2026/01/25/opinion/what-trumps-next-move-needs-to-be-in-minneapolis/

[January 24, 2026]  Douglas Macgregor on X:

  1. BREAKING: Rioters now attacking ICE agents in Minneapolis. – https://x.com/DougAMacgregor/status/2015490119717761384?s=20
  2. COL. DOUGLAS MACGREGOR: We don’t live in the late 19th century. – https://x.com/TheNatConvo/status/2015269122376937913?s=20

[January 23, 2026]  PowerLineBlog:

  1. On the Ground in Minneapolis – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/on-the-ground-in-minneapolis.php
  2. Fact-checking the Times fact-checker – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/fact-checking-the-times-fact-checker.php

[January 22, 2026]  Law & Liberty:

  1. The Duty to Enforce the Law – https://lawliberty.org/the-duty-to-enforce-the-law/
  2. Dark Forces of the Twentieth Century – https://lawliberty.org/feature/dark-forces-of-the-twentieth-century/

[January 21, 2026]  The Jerusalem Post:

  1. Khamenei’s gamble: Iran admits to the slaughter and counts on the world to look away – editorial – https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-883771
  2. Trump scraps February tariffs after NATO meeting on Greenland – https://www.jpost.com/international/article-884135

[January 20, 2026]  Washington Free Beacon:

  1. ‘You Have To Make People Uncomfortable’: How Don Lemon Helped Anti-ICE Activists Storm a Minnesota Church – https://freebeacon.com/media/you-have-to-make-people-uncomfortable-how-don-lemon-helped-anti-ice-activists-storm-a-minnesota-church/
  2. ‘Time To Look for New Leadership in Iran’: Trump Calls for End to ‘Sick Man’ Khamenei’s Rule – https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/time-to-look-for-new-leadership-in-iran-trump-calls-for-end-to-sick-man-khameneis-rule/

[January 19, 2026]  Martin Luther King Day:

  1. Most Americans don’t know the real Martin Luther King Jr. – https://www.fastcompany.com/90833275/the-real-martin-luther-king-jr
  2. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Dark Side – https://allthatsinteresting.com/martin-luther-king-dark-side

[January 18, 2026]  Civitas:

  1. Selling America Short – https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/selling-america-short-6f3c4240-c00c-45f0-a25a-0bd5f1939724
  2. The Moral Case for America in a Nutshell – https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/the-moral-case-for-america-in-a-nutshell-99f3de4e-03e0-44e3-b310-6e66e46fee29

[January 17, 2026]  The New Criterion:

  1. Conceived in liberty – https://newcriterion.com/article/conceived-in-liberty/
  2. America’s art of war – https://newcriterion.com/article/americas-art-of-war/

[January 16, 2026]  Washington Free Beacon:

  1. Exposing Our Enemies’ Weaknesses—and Our Own – https://freebeacon.com/columns/exposing-our-enemies-weaknesses-and-our-own/
  2. A Righteous Man in Japan – https://freebeacon.com/culture/a-righteous-man-in-japan/

[January 15, 2026]  Law & Liberty:

  1. Socialist America? – https://lawliberty.org/socialist-america/
  2. The Politics of Civility and Tact  – https://lawliberty.org/the-politics-of-civility-and-tact/

[January 14, 2026]  Sp!ked:

  1. The Orwellian madness of letting boys on to girls’ sports teams – https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/01/14/the-orwellian-madness-of-letting-boys-on-to-girls-sports-teams/
  2. Sadiq Khan is gaslighting Londoners over crime – https://www.spiked-online.com/2026/01/14/sadiq-khan-is-gaslighting-londoners-over-crime/

[January 13, 2026]  Washington Free Beacon:

  1. Trump Admin Designates Three Muslim Brotherhood Branches as Terrorist Organizations – https://freebeacon.com/trump-administration/trump-admin-designates-three-muslim-brotherhood-branches-as-terrorist-organizations/
  2. China Sucks. Even Their Propaganda Makes America Look Awesome. – https://freebeacon.com/china/china-sucks-even-their-propaganda-makes-america-look-awesome/

[January 12, 2026]  PowerLineBlog:

  1. “We’re with CNN, it’s okay” – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/were-with-cnn-its-okay.php
  2. How Minnesota lost its mind – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/how-minnesota-lost-its-mind.php

[January 11, 2026]  Catturd X Post:

  1. There’s DEI hires and then there’s whatever this is. – https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/2009649343788183831
  2. Throw the book at the Traitor – https://twitter.com/catturd2/status/2011475509159293348

[January 10, 2026]  National Affairs, Number 66, Winter 2026:

  1. English Lit Is for Losers – https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/english-lit-losers
  2. The Case for Prohibiting Vice – https://www.nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/case-prohibiting-vice

[January 9, 2026]  What the Hell is Going On:

  1. #WTH Iran on the brink? – https://whatthehellisgoingon.substack.com/p/wth-iran-on-the-brink
  2. WTH: Questions about Venezuela – https://whatthehellisgoingon.substack.com/p/wth-questions-about-venezuela

[January 8, 2026]  The New Criterion:

  1. Socialism is a hate crime – https://newcriterion.com/dispatch/socialism-is-a-hate-crime/
  2. Reflections on the revolution: an introduction – https://newcriterion.com/article/reflections-on-the-revolution-an-introduction/

[January 7, 2026]  Civitas Institute:

  1. Reagan, The Original MAGA President? – https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/reagan-the-original-maga-president-d3390e07-ec59-4b09-846b-83fb3ac10e7a
  2. Trump’s Supposed Intellectual Forbearers – https://www.civitasoutlook.com/research/trumps-supposed-intellectual-forbearers-a67b6f73-d589-49df-92b1-5c52b3917cfe

[January 6, 2026]  PowerLineBlog:

  1. More Left-Wing “Trans” Violence – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/more-left-wing-trans-violence.php
  2. Tim Walz Attacks U.S. Attorney’s Office [Updated] – https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2026/01/tim-walz-attacks-u-s-attorneys-office.php

[January 5, 2026]  City Journal:

  1. California’s Next Governor Might Be More Irresponsible Than Newsom – https://www.city-journal.org/article/california-governor-race-gavin-newsom
  2. Trump Was Right About Venezuela – https://www.city-journal.org/article/nicolas-maduro-arrest-venezuela-trump

[January 4, 2026]  Front Page Magazine:

  1. Trump Made America Feared Again – https://www.frontpagemag.com/trump-made-america-feared-again/
  2. U.S. Captures Maduro, Flies Him Out of Venezuela – https://www.frontpagemag.com/u-s-captures-maduro-flies-him-out-of-venezuela/

[January 3, 2026]  Commentary:

  1. January 2026 Anti-Semitism: When the Blood Libel Came to America – https://www.commentary.org/articles/andrew-doran/massena-american-blood-libel/
  2. January 2026 Politics & Ideas: 250 Years – https://www.commentary.org/articles/john-podhoretz/250th-anniversary-us-radical-chic/

[January 2, 2026]  Jewish News Syndicate:

  1. The downplaying of momentous events in Iran – https://www.jns.org/the-downplaying-of-momentous-events-in-iran/
  2. The civic leadership New York needs now – https://www.jns.org/the-civic-leadership-new-york-needs-now/

[January 1, 2026]  Sasha Stone:

  1. Sorry, Zohran, We’re Kind of Done With The “Warmth of Collectivism.” – https://www.sashastone.com/p/sorry-zohran-were-kind-of-done-with
  2. The Real Reason They’re Quitting The Kennedy Center – https://www.sashastone.com/p/the-real-reason-theyre-quitting-the