Rhetoric, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=17461550:00 When American Presidents Tell You To Rise Up, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=17461253:00 Why do elites love the word ‘dialogue’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=17461055:00 Does Iran need to unconditionally surrender1:39:00 Richard Haass: ‘America chose this war — and must now choose how to end it’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1746011:46:00 Why do elites argue that Iran’s war plans are super rational and coolly calculating while Trump’s plans are impulsive and crazy? https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1745921:59:00 Why Do Elites Love The Word ‘Fraught’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1745992:02:00 Why Do Elites Love The Word ‘Metastasized’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1745972:06:30 NYT: In War’s First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1745812:28:00 Why Has Trump Gone To War With Iran? | Christiane Amanpour Presents, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CFVlQ8ftVo2:30:00 Journos Take Public Pronouncements Too Seriously, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744602:31:00 When The Search For Meaning Leads To War, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744452:37:45 Decoding CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744792:38:30 Richard Haass says Iran is not losing, https://politicalitems.substack.com/p/is-iran-not-losing2:40:00 ‘The last thing the Middle East needed was another war’, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744582:43:00 Industrial Policy for the United States: Winning the Competition for Good Jobs and High-Value Industries (2024), https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1745002:47:00 Is It Truth Or BS?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744912:49:30 Decoding My Life, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1697942:53:00 Everything shocking and big requires fuel, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744722:56:00 Decoding Washington Post Columnist David Ignatius, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744293:11:00 Where Is The Expert Herd Going On The Iran War?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744473:13:00 Why Do Elites Love Dubai?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744673:15:00 Where Will It Stop?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1744643:18:00 Can Iran Kill Americans At Scale?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1745053:22:00 Why do elites and journos love the word ‘predicate’?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1743963:26:00 War With Iran: Why Now and What Comes Next, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ORmcvFYU683:27:00 Decoding Iran Expert Suzanne Maloney, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=1743883:36:00 Why does the MSM fetishize “seriousness” and dismiss Trump’s team for lack thereof?, https://lukeford.net/blog/?p=174363