Today’s Iran war news: Negotiations are now at an impasse and Trump is taking visible steps consistent with new attacks.
Read more...Today’s Coffee Break on a holiday weekend in the US is the simple recommendation that you go straight to this long essay in Front Porch Republic by W. Aaron Vandiver of Carbondale, Colorado: Trump and the Furies of Empire –– Trump, in his crude way, is forcing us to confront the false stories we have […]
Read more...Today’s Iran war news: Talks fantasies get a harsh dose of reality as Iran rejects a US nuclear demand while consumers go green at the gills.
Read more...Today’s Iran war news: Some oil leaving the Gulf gave markets a boost, but the US-Iran impasse remains, along with US attack threats.
Read more...Satyajit Das looks at the big stressors on the global economy and find that governments will be unable to do much to alleviate them.
Read more...Norway seeks to lead a small but arguably well-located group of nations to impede Russia. Yes, seriously.
Read more...Today’s Iran war update: The US still looks to be planning to resume the war against Iran even as the bond market rout intensifies.
Read more...On Independence Day of 2025 President Trump signed his One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) into law. Something that has not gotten much attention, so far, are the consequences OBBBA will have on students who must borrow money to attend college/university, graduate school, and/or professional school. Should American students be forced to go into debt […]
Read more...Michael Hudson explains how the financier-friendly medicine of higher interest rates will only make the impending economic crisis worse.
Read more...Today’s Iran war update: Has seemingly irresistible force Israel met immovable objects in the form of Gulf states and the bond markets?
Read more...Intense rains, extreme heat, and unstoppable pests are wiping out crops and farmers’ livelihoods as climate change scrambles the weather.
Read more...Today’s Iran war update: Trump again bares his teeth and makes escalatory moves as the global economy starts to bleed out.
Read more...“Like any country, Cuba has the right to defend itself against external aggression,” said the Cuban embassy. “It is called self-defense, and it is protected by International Law and the UN Charter.”
Read more...Zelensky tries to show some muscle in a large drone attack on Moscow. Will Putin finally drop the hammer?
Read more...Today’s Iran war news: Rumors on Trump to decide on restarting war, possible UAE action, Israel explosion, plus info on real economy damage
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