After prolonged military strikes fail to bring the Iranian regime to its knees, will the Trump Administration get a better result via added economic pressure (i.e, further sanctions and other financial actions)? And, as the conflict approaches its six-month mark, is America’s military overextended and under-supplied? Back on the domestic front, what did Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have in mind when she referenced “Woke 1” (like a horror-film franchise, should we expect woke sequels?). And what does the tragic story of Jason Aldray, the former Cambridge professor who took his own life amidst accusations of plagiarism and biographical enhancement, say about race-baiting and academic integrity? Finally, in the “lightning round”: beware a “drowning” Vladimir Putin (would he go nuclear in Ukraine?); blaming Vice President J.D. Vance for $20 burritos; and, with the late great George Shultz currently appearing on the silver screen (well, a cinematic version of the former Secretary of State in a historical drama based on the 1986 Reagan-Gorbachev summit in Iceland), who should play H.R., John and Sir Niall in GoodFellows: The Movie”?
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