The only item in this, my only entry today, is a recommendation of the latest The World This Week, Consortium News’s Saturday night podcast. (Scroll down for ALL OF IT 8-15-26 and MEDIA 8-15-26.) — MCM

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FROM AUG. 15  The World This Week: ‘A fraying empire.’ Joe Lauria of Consortium News hosts retired U.S. Army colonel and former diplomat Ann Wright and former CIA analyst Ray McGovern to explore what might best be encapsulated, simply, as the rot — in the U.S. military, in U.S. politics and governance, in too much of the U.S. media. There should be a transcript. Click HERE for video with subtitles, Lauria ‘s print introduction, and bios of Wright and McGovern.