Why Flattering Donald Trump Could Be Dangerous
Why power players should not apply their tongues to Trump’s posterior.
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Financial Times on Coming Climate-Change-Driven Meltdown in Real Estate: Gradually, Then Suddenly?
A detailed, yet still softball, take on how climate change damage will wreck property values and much of what passes for an economy
Read more...Carl von Clausewitz and the Clausewitzian Viewpoint of Warfare: A Theoretical Approach
An overview of Clausewitz’s thinking winds up showing how the US has ignored it, with the bad results Clausewitz predicted.
Read more...Tallying the Costs to Israel of Its Failed Iran Regime Change Operation
An early estimate of the economic costs to Israel of the Iran war show that recovery will be difficult if not impossible.
Read more...Satyajit Das: Middle East Trajectories – Implications for the Region and Energy Markets
A refined (pun intended) discussion of the state of the energy market and the high risk of continued kinetic action between Israel and Iran.
Read more...A Possible Connection Between Mental Illness and Diet
On the mounting evidence that a ketogenic diet considerably can alleviate some debilitating mental health ailments, such as schizophrenia.
Read more...Why the US and the WTO Should Part Ways
In another sign the old international order is breaking as the US flails about, a serious call for the US to leave the WTO.
Read more...US Shale Can’t Scale If No One’s Left to Work It
A form of class warfare hits shale players Too few young workers like the industry and its long-term career prospects.
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Rob Urie: Why Did the US Attack Iran?
Rob Urie points out that how many forces the US keeps in theater will reveal its intent with Iran: deescalating versus trying to regroup.
Read more...Gen. Michael Kurilla and the Pivot to Asia
Is diminishing Iran key to the famed pivot to Asia, or a distraction?
Read more...Downgrading Uncle Sam, Not America
An orthodox economist describes inconsistencies in rating agencies’ approach to downgrading US debt and their view of reserve currency status
Read more...Israel Orders Attack on Iran After Iran Allegedly Violated Ceasefire It Never Agreed To
Israel is, or is about to be, back into the war-making game. And the US is sure to be in on the action.
Read more...On the Accelerating Decline in US Medical Training, and With It, Doctor Competence
A warning to US readers on the further degradation in medical training and resulting crapification of care.
Read more...Trump Backfire: How the 2018/19 US Tariffs Against China Boosted Exports and Employment in Mexico
How a Trump 1.0 tarrifs backfire illustrates fundamental flaw in how Trump goes about doing things.
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