Over the years, we have seen numerous examples of how businesses benefit from war. Look no further than Lockheed Martin receiving $313 billion and Raytheon $145 billion between 2020–2024 from Pentagon contracts. We’ve also seen unusual trading before wars start, with...
“You kill people and break things for a living.”- Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in Quantico, Virginia on September 30, 2025 The primary male sex hormone, testosterone, has been in the news of late. Students of social science may be familiar with the series of...
At the White House on August 19, President Donald Trump said he anticipates a face-to-face session with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before December. Pressed on whether it would happen, he answered "Yeah, I will be," and noted that the two men get along "very...
While the tenor of U.S.-China relations cooled somewhat from the hysteria of Donald Trump's first term and the Joe Biden years, recent events have made clear how thin that veneer of stability remains. President Trump’s May 2026 state visit to Beijing and the planned...
In a year as chaotic, violent, and economically destructive as this one has been, it is interesting that, to many Americans, the great villain of 2026 is turning out to be a traffic camera. But, indeed, we are seeing visceral, cross-partisan opposition to so-called...
I remain amused at the outrage expressed over the revelations from Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary and his behavior in front of a U.S. Senate committee. After all, Dr. Fauci fulfilled his role in exactly the manner the administrative state designed it. In the end , we...
On the eleventh and twelfth of August, a Boeing business jet registered A6-RJA left Abu Dhabi, crossed the Gulf, and set down briefly in Iran. Flight trackers logged it at Tehran's Mehrabad and at Payam airfield near Karaj. It stayed roughly an hour each time, then...
A sailor aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln sent a message home that his family passed to Stars and Stripes anonymously, fearing retaliation. "Our mental health and physical health is in danger. We need help." By the time that message surfaced, the Lincoln had been gone...
