The Brief | $7 a Lobster Tail. That's What They're Actually Mad About.

The Pentagon lobster "scandal" has a history lesson attached — plus Iran's minefields, Iranian soccer players on the run, and a hate crime in the most tolerant zip code in America.

Wednesday! Hump day!

I know I disappeared. I am sorry, but I was overwhelmed in the throes of home DIYdom, and it all took place in my office. I had this delusion that it could be completed in one weekend. It took two weeks, and it’s still not done, but it’s done enough for me to be back in my office.

This means the newsletters shall resume, and I will p…