October 14, 2026

The American Conservative Morning Briefing · Oct 14, 2026 · 5m

Good morning! Today is Wednesday, October 14th 2026, and this is The American Conservative's Morning Brief. Andrew Day argues Secretary of State Marco Rubio's Athens address on Western civilization handed Tehran a propaganda victory by casting ancient Persia as an enemy of the West, reinforcing the impression that Washington seeks to annihilate Iranian culture itself. David Brady contends that Anthropic chief Dario Amodei's call to "pace the frontier" of AI development would entrench an industry cartel, enriching established players while smothering open-source rivals and smaller competitors…