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Of Note: April 12, 2026

Richard Jeffrey Newman

by Richard Jeffrey Newman

Of Note: April 12, 2026
Photo by Álvaro Serrano / Unsplash

Dear Friends,

Here is the latest round of links to pieces dealing with the US-Israel war against Iran and related issues. Some of these will be dated by the time you receive this, but the issues they raise—concerning Iran's internal politics, the economic impact of the war, and more—are not. I apologize for not offering my usual small commentaries, but I have been a little under the weather. In most cases, I think the titles speaks for themselves in terms of why the piece I've linked to is worth reading.

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