3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (462+ words) For a short but sweet period of time, it looked like an international agency created to destroy U.S. sovereignty might collapse. But, once again, the Trump administration managed to dash hopes it once raised. According to a congressional notification seen by…...

3+ hour, 41+ min ago   (352+ words) According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 80 to 90 percent of net new jobs since 2020 went to foreign-born workers. Independent estimates conclude that 88 percent of new jobs went to foreign-born people. What this means is that in the five-year period,…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (586+ words) Our war against Iran began six months ago this week, and I think that history will surely record it as the most disastrous military conflict in our national history. The debacle ironically came amidst the 250th anniversary of the American Declaration…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (242+ words) What Bessent actually announced That is a devastating weapon against anyone who lives inside the dollar system. It is close to irrelevant against those who have deliberately built their most important trade outside it. And Iran’s lifeline — the oil trade…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (205+ words) Welcome to the Toxic Menu The United States is the only nation on Earth where the food system and the healthcare system operate as a single, coordinated profit engine designed to make you sick, keep you sick, and then kill…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (803+ words) Openly siding with Israel in its potential confrontation with Turkey would automatically antagonize the entire Muslim world, which is less than ideal for the US, especially now when it’s also attacking Iran (which was also reportedly invited to the Mecca…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1719+ words) As headlines from the Iranian “conflict” continue to leave the world guessing as to what, if any, military, political and financial solutions lie ahead, we can at least know this much: The approaching autumn looks a bit scary. A Market…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1361+ words) It took two centuries for the US government to dig a trillion dollar hole. As the ditch approached that depth, Ronald Reagan gave an Oval Office address. The president proclaimed that “If we as a nation needed a warning, let…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (219+ words) My somewhat longer book chapter in Heart in Hand on Compassion addresses subjects not in the somewhat shorter article, like astrophysics and, shown here, molecular biology: All of the many millions of species that live on this planet, including us…...

3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (1182+ words) I don’t know if you’ve ever lived through a major power outage, but I have. I live in a hurricane zone, so I suppose it was inevitable that I would eventually face the full wrath of nature’s fury. The storm…...