Home / (Page 2)

Author: Robert Farley

img

Trump Gets His Iran War

By
|
In General
|
On February 28, 2026
I have thoughts. The JCPOA’s vulnerability was inherent to its nature; as an agreement designed to avoid war, it left both the United States and the Islamic Republic with some things that they wanted and others that they did not. American critics decried the fact...

Realism. Restraint.

By
|
On February 28, 2026

Peace is raining down upon Iran! https://twitter.com/GOP/status/1853537733479686309?s=20 Tough to get a sense yet of the targets, but the general sense on X (Bluesky is literally useless at times like this).

img
On the latest LGM podcast, Dave and I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Michael Strausz, long-term friend of the blog and Professor of Political Science at Texas Christian University. Mike works on Japanese politics, and so the podcast focused mainly on the recent...

Battleships!

By
|
On February 23, 2026

Yesterday afternoon I appeared on Midrats to talk battleships. Terrific discussion, lots of skepticism about whether and why these things will be built, along with some detailed noodling on some.

Mazeroski RIP

By
|
On February 21, 2026

Bill Mazeroski has passed. https://twitter.com/Pirates/status/2025188855930892399?s=20 Good player. Hall of Famer? Eh... a guy who is in the Hall of Fame is a Hall of Famer. And anyway fuck the Yankees..

This div height required for enabling the sticky sidebar