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Somali Pirates!
Back again.
“It’s the first thing I read every morning.” — David Barboza, founder of WireScreen and former Shanghai Bureau Chief for The New York Times.
Extraordinary.
But not miraculous.
- The Trump administration’s public portrayal of a shattered Iranian military is sharply at odds with what U.S. intelligence agencies are telling policymakers behind closed doors, according to classified assessments fr...
Life Support.
A multi-trillion dollar business.
- At the heart of the US retirement industry, underpinning the later-life plans of millions of Americans, is a set of financial products that hardly anyone can tell you a thing about. No one knows exactly...
Political Wire.
(Interview with Taegan Goddard, founder and editor of Political Wire. Recorded 27 April, 2026. Produced by Dale Eisinger.)
Back in the pre-internet dark ages of election night broadcasts, the major television news outlets relied, in...
"TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!"
A race against time.
“News Items is the first thing I read every morning.” — Jack Leslie, former chairman of Weber Shandwick and Adjunct Professor, Georgetown Global Health Institute.
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Welcome. I am the founder and editor of News Items and Political News Items. I am also the founder of Bird News Items. I also do 3 podcasts: (Night Owls), (Alternate Shots) and my own.
Science journalist, runner, bookworm, reptile enthusiast. Oxford comma for life.
Research director and associate editor for News Items and Political Items
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