The Middle East is, once again, in the middle of it / RIP Ayatollah and thoughts on achieving a “New Iran” / What “Operation Epic Fury” means for us outside of the region / Is Cuba next? / Is becoming numb the key to living a decent life? / Thoughts on rage baiting and having opinions (and what I do instead) / Anthropic CEO, Dario Amodei, used his words and boundaries with the Pentagon / The ‘American Dream’ is leaving / Who schedules March Madness? / Jack Dorsey’s Block cuts nearly half the staff / Is your best bet at a meaningful career becoming a ‘personality’? / Thoughts on Paramount buying Warner Bros. Discovery, how David Ellison “refused to take no for an answer” and what companies the family will own now that Netflix walked away