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George on Wednesday Iran’s Kharg Island, Telephone Turns 150. Iranian Military Shows It Can Adapt. Chinese Move Prompts Fear in Taiwan, U.S. Gets Behind eVTOL Vehicles, Tom Lehrer, War Songs, 700,000 Displaced in Lebanon
Good morning! Today is Wednesday, the 11th of March, 2026 and this is the Wednesday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
What’s the big deal about Kharg Island, people are asking. It turns out that U.S. President Trump was talking about “doing a number” on it almost 40 years ago and this has been in his sights ever since. Knowing this explains quite a bit about how Mr. Trump is approaching the war …
George on Tuesday: Alarm Swells Across the Globe Over Oil Disruptions, Asia Particularly Vulnerable to Cutoff of Gulf Oil, Trump Repeats Claim Iran Bombed Girls’ School With Tomahawk, Synagogue Bombed in Belgium, Iditarod Dog Sled Race
Good morning! Today is Tuesday, the tenth of March, 2026 and this is the Tuesday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump said that the war in Iran could be over fairly quickly… and also said it could be greatly extended. Mr. Trump’s warning came at the end of a day that saw global financial markets seesawing on concerns that Iran’s security establishment was rallying behind new Supreme Leader …
George on Monday: Iran Names Son of Slain Ayatollah as Successor; Russia Increases Ukraine Bombings; Avoid Spreading ‘the Flames of War,’ Says China’s Top Diplomat; Met Opera’s Financial Crisis; Munich’s Surf is Down
Good morning! Today is the ninth of March, 2026 and this is the Monday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
Before diving in, a public service announcement from GEORGE to readers in the United States and Canada to remind them to change all of their timepieces and clocks that are adjusted manually rather than assuming that they automatically update the way an iPhone or smart watch do. This includes the dashboard clock in …
George on the Weekend: Did You Change Your Clocks?; Iran’s Air Force is Flying Museum Pieces; Trump Worse for the World than Khameini, Says Lindsay Graham; 8 Dead, Dozens Injured in Michigan Tornadoes; U.S. Military Using Extremist Christian Rhetoric to Justify War
Good morning! Today is the Weekend, the seven and eighth of March, 2026 and this is the Weekend Edition of GEORGE.
More than 5.6 million people will be set their clocks forward for the very last time several hours ago and none of them was in the United States. This is because British Columbia, one of Canada’s largest provinces, will remain on daylight saving time in perpetuity. For the rest of …
Daylight Saving Time Begins in North America on Sunday
“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?” was the title of a hit song by Chicago from the group’s debut album. It’s also a question that, had one asked it around 150 years ago, the answer could amount to as many as 40 different ones in a single state and many more than that in a single country. On Sunday, however, it is a question likely to be asked …
George on Friday: Daylight Saving Time, Trump to Noem: ‘You’re Fired’; Over 23,000 Flights Have Been Cancelled in Middle East; Major Power Failure in Cuba; Amazon’s Website Outage; Injectable Satellite Livers; Dark Humor
Good morning! Today is Friday, the sixth of March, 2026 and this is the Friday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
The vast number of flights cancelled in the Middle East since the start of hostilities just six days ago is nothing less than staggering as it also shows that many millions of people were unable to get home or their interim destinations when war broke out, and GEORGE has the latest news …
George on Thursday: Situation in Iran is ‘Much Worse Than You Thought,’ Says Warren, U.S. Navy Sinks Iranian Battleship, Trump Rebukes Leaders of U.K. and Spain, Israel Sends Troops into Lebanon, BYD Debuts ‚World’s Longest-Range EV
Good morning! Today is Thursday, the fifth of March, 2026 and this is the Thursday Morning Edition of GEORGE.
The war in the Middle East continues without an end in sight and the U.S. senator from the state of Massachusetts, Elizabeth Warren, after attending a classified briefing on the war, released a videotaped message saying that the situation is “so much worse” than anyone had thought.
Jews across the globe celebrated the …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
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What to Do If Your Flight is Delayed or Cancelled by the Blizzard
Travelers flying into or out of the Northeast United States are not a happy lot in recent days. The National Weather Service’s prediction of “impossible travel conditions” made flying impossible for hundreds of thousands of travelers who wanted to fly into or out of airports in the region. Instead, they found a reenactment of the title of the 1957 Ogden Nash collection of light verse, You Can’t Get There From …
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It Was a Bad Week to Be Ed Bastian. His Airline Has Been Melting Down. There’s No End in Sight, and Customers Are Abandoning Ship.
“I should probably have stayed in bed that morning.”
That’s probably what Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is thinking, reflecting on his appearance on a news segment on the television program “CBS Mornings” before the Fourth of July.
The hostess, Gayle King, began by asking: “Is Delta ready, how do you know you’re prepared?” referencing the summer travel season, adding “this is the part where you say, ‘no Gayle, we not …
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What to Do If Your Flight is Delayed or Cancelled by the Blizzard
Travelers flying into or out of the Northeast United States are not a happy lot in recent days. The National Weather Service’s prediction of “impossible travel conditions” made flying impossible for hundreds of thousands of travelers who wanted to fly into or out of airports in the region. Instead, they found a reenactment of the title of the 1957 Ogden Nash collection of light verse, You Can’t Get There From …
