"Before I get to the dialogue and the book, I wanna open with some preliminary thoughts about a domestic subject. And that is this extraordinary moment where Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins informed a TV interviewer that her department had run thousands of simulations, and good news, it was possible to feed an American person for less than $3 if that person ate a piece of chicken, a piece of broccoli, a corn tortilla, and one other thing."
"My book this week will be a 1981 travelogue by the great writer V. S. Naipaul, Among the Believers, which took him to, among other countries, Iran in the immediate aftershock of the Iranian Revolution of 1979. Before I get to the dialogue and the book, I wanna open with some preliminary thoughts about a domestic subject. And that is this extraordinary moment where Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins informed a TV interviewer that her department had run thousands of simulations, and good news, it"
Tariffs and trade policy have deliberately increased U.S. food costs, even as officials claim grocery prices are falling, creating a credibility gap between voters and government. A specific example involves simulations suggesting a person can be fed for under $3 with a minimal plate, an assertion that underscores disrespect for lived experience. Analysis of Russian strategy explains Putin’s long-term approach in Ukraine and why attraction to strongman leaders in the United States benefits Russian interests while eroding American credibility abroad. Reflections on the Iranian Revolution illustrate recurring authoritarian failures to achieve modernity and the broader global consequences of such governance.
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