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Thursday, February 19, 2026

Western countries see World War III coming

If you have more than you need, build a longer table, not a higher fence.


Open source intelligence (OSINT) uses publicly available information, such as social media posts, online marketplace listings, and corporate filings. Investigators compare this material with statements made in tax returns and benefit applications.


The mega-rich are giving up on luxury assets. Forget fine wine, great art and glitzy mansions. The Economist’s senior economics writer, Callum Williams, explores the growth in ultra-luxury services: econ.st/4s0ptKT


The author is Brendan Greeley, and the subtitle is 500 Years of the World’s Most Powerful Money.  A very well-timed book, excellent on the history of the dollar as it spans the centuries, I was happy to write a blurb for it.


John Fabian Witt, Allen H. Duffy Class of 1960 Professor of Law and Professor of History at Yale brings us The Radical Fund: How a Band of Visionaries and a Million Dollars Upended America, which tells the tale of how a young heir, Charles Garland, used his fortune to found the American Fund for Public Service




If ICE Pulls You Over, Say These 4 Words Immediately (LAWYER Explains) YouTube. Sadly, news you can use. There are others in this genre, but this one is short and hammers in what to say.


Website that leaked thousands of ICE agents’ personal information is down after huge ‘Russian cyberattack,’ 

founder says Founder of ICE List believes the ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack could have originated in Russia