Howard French

Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports ‘within days’ Brent crude tops $90 after gas producer says it will take ‘weeks to months’ to restore deliveries

They had to invent a word for this kind of mess during the Second World War: "snafu." (Situation normal, all fuc*ed up.) www.ft.com/content/be12... Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports ‘within days’

“ … there is a new African in the world, that new African is ready to fight his own battles and show that after all, the Black Man is capable of managing his own affairs.”

“The independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of Africa.” — Kwame Nkrumah

Happy birthday, Ghana. The country's independence in 1957 marked marked a new era in the history of the continent and the world - a Second Emancipation, one might say.

The Reductive Rhetoric of the Iran War Americans across the political spectrum need to stop talking about Tehran in cliches.

The cheapening of language and addiction to violence always go hand in hand. (Free to read. Tiny sample below.) foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

The Reductive Rhetoric of the Iran War Americans across the political spectrum need to stop talking about Tehran in cliches.

Some thoughts on the war in Iran, by me. foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

South African President Talks Trump, Racism and That Oval Office ‘Ambush’

Reading. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/w...

Venezuelan Oil Cargoes Are Surging at an Opportune Time American fuel makers are gobbling up Venezuela’s heavy crude even as the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have stalled global oil shipments.

Venezuelans oil being used to make up for Iran being cut off. www.wsj.com/business/ene...

From over there on that other site, and perfectly on point.

Thanks John!

Thanks, Barnaby!

Thank you, Annette. I appreciated the way you engaged with me and the book when it was just launched very, very much.

Thanks Jeff!

Thank you, Leta!

🙏🏼

Pedro Sánchez calls US-Israeli war in Iran a ‘disaster’ amid spat with Trump US president issues trade threat as Spanish PM likens conflict to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Israel’s assault on Gaza

He likes it to Russians invasion of Ukraine and Israel's war in Gaza. www.ft.com/content/69e5... Pedro Sánchez calls US-Israeli war in Iran a ‘disaster’ amid spat with Trump

Merci beaucoup!

“To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.”
Theodore Roosevelt

Thank you, Randy!

He dreamed of a United States of Africa - The World from PRX February 24 marks sixty years since Ghana’s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, was overthrown in a military coup. Nkrumah had been a vocal campaigner for Pan-Africanism, a United States of Africa that wo...

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Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Announces 2026 Finalists CLEVELAND – [March 3, 2026] – The Cleveland Foundation announced 11 finalists for the 2026 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards (AWBA), marking 91 years of honoring literature that contributes to our understand...

Delighted to learn that my new book, The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide, has been named as a finalist for the Anisfield-Wolf Book Prize. www.anisfield-wolf.org/2026/03/anis... (A radio segment follows below.)

‘Cheap’ and ‘Appalling’: Trump’s Ballroom Plans Receive a Flood of Negative Comments

Reading. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/u...

It's so embarrassing for Merz to listen to such a flow of agressive bullsh*t against a fellow EU country with no reaction.

U.S. Automakers Risk Being Reduced to Niche Producers of Gas Vehicles

Reading. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/b...

Confidential database reveals which items NPS thinks may ‘disparage’ America An internal government database reviewed by The Washington Post demonstrates the vast scope of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to revise or remove information on African American history, cl...

Reading. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

He is sitting pretty now, given Paramount's pending takeover.

How Africa Works [Chapters 7 - 8] On Rwanda and Agriculture

Interesting critical essay that draws on the Joe Studwell book. www.1914reader.com/p/how-africa...

Among other truths.

Among other truths