China could order its tankers through Hormuz to test Trump's resolve with the threat of war with China

 

US Hormuz Plan Leaves Shipowners Guessing as Attacks Persist

By Weilun Soon

May 4, 2026 at 3:12 AM EDT

Updated on 

May 4, 2026 at 7:56 AM EDT

Tomorrow there will be no climate havens. The sirens will sound again. Pack a bag if you want. But the real preparation begins when you knock on your neighbors’ door and invite them over.

 

The Prepper Delusion

By Kit Dillon

Mr. Dillon is a senior staff writer for Wirecutter based in Waialua, Hawaii.

I know that many of my colleagues in academia have views of social and economic policy that do not align easily with the Democratic Party. If the Republican Party were to once again embrace the value of science, research and facts, then I am sure some of my colleagues would drift back to them. Until then, scientists in academia will overwhelmingly lean Democratic.

 

What Is Higher Education For?

Iran is winning the Meme propaganda war principally because Trump is such an easy buffoon to picture

 Iran's Meme War Against Trump Ushers In A Future of "Slopaganda"

The Hajj, The Muslim Pilgrimage is a mandatory religious duty for all physically and financially capable Muslims including Iranian Shia to perform at least once in their lifetime. One wonders how the Iranian Shia intermingle with Saudi Sunnis

 

War in Iran Is Making the Hajj, the Muslim Pilgrimage, More Expensive

Surprising praise of Russian Drone Tech as if Ukraine's Drone Tech hasn't been disabling Russian positions in Eastern Ukraine and deep inside Russia or is that just Ukraine propaganda?

 

Russia Is Building Tomorrow’s War Machine

By Kateryna Bondar

Ms. Bondar is a fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Professor John Mearsheimer commenting on Iran considers Trump to be in a hopeless position trying to resolve his and Bibi's colossal blunder yet considers Putin to be the eventual winner in Ukraine despite losing 30,000 thousand soldiers every month and no territorial gain.  Am I getting duped by on Ukrainian propaganda?      

Reopening Hormuz is a loser proposition that Trump ought to offload on Congress that does not give him the War Powers to continue

 

Reopening the Strait of Hormuz Is Now Job One in the Iran War

By 

Reuel Marc Gerecht

 and 

Ray Takeyh

Updated April 29, 2026 5:09 pm ET