In his classic book “Understanding Media,” Marshall McLuhan dwells on the Greek myth of Narcissus. If it’s been a while since you’ve read it, the story, in Ovid’s telling, goes like this: Narcissus is born gorgeous, the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He is desired by many but is callous and indifferent in response. He is cursed to love what he cannot have, and finds that love when he stumbles across a reflection of himself in a pool and wastes away, staring into his own shimmering eyes. (In other versions of the myth, he leans forward to kiss his reflection, falls into the water and drowns.)
Todd and Janet Gatewood launched their Nashville-based radio show “God, Freedom and Bitcoin” in January, blending their passion for cryptocurrency with their strong faith.
A former NASA scientist has backed a groundbreaking study investigating mysterious flashes in the skies during the early nuclear age, decades before the first satellites were launched.
Ivo Busko, a retired NASA developer who worked at the Space Telescope Science Institute, published a pre-print paper this week that independently confirmed mysterious transient flashes first identified by astronomer Dr Beatriz Villarroel and her VASCO research team.
Edited by Yiannis Damellos
March 28, 2026
What are we watching here but a tangled flow of weapons, intelligence, and strategy reshaping a regional war into a proxy-driven contest? The principal actors are Iran and Israel at the center of the fighting, with the United States backing Israel and Russia acting as a pivotal external supplier and intelligence partner to Iran. Other regional proxies — notably the Houthis in Yemen — are now striking directly at Israel, expanding the battlefield. Is this the prelude to a World War? Or the beginning of another Vietnam War for the United States of America?
Amid Trump's "Sharpie Attack" on his cabinet, followed by unfounded claims about the rumored negotiation, the war between the U.S.-Israeli alliance and Iran has entered a new, perilous phase, with no room for levity. The escalation is marked by Israel's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and Iran's escalating proxy attacks, including the Houthis in Yemen targeting Israel directly. This development signifies a dangerous escalation, moving beyond conventional military objectives to strike at the very heart of Iran's nuclear infrastructure and potentially creating a wider regional conflict.
As wealth taxes gain traction around the U.S., Sen. Elizabeth Warren is introducing a new bill that the Massachusetts Democrat said would raise trillions in federal revenue by placing new levies on people worth over $50 million.
