Recent articles
April 9, 2026
Job Growth on ICE
The employment slowdown: Causes and consequences
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April 8, 2026
Ignorance and Ignominy
Our Hormuz humiliation was not an accident
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April 8, 2026
Dental Surgery Today
Posting will be delayed
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April 7, 2026
Our Darkest Hour
The civilization we destroy may be our own
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April 7, 2026
MAGA Is Winning Its War Against U.S. Science
When a political movement believes that ignorance is strength
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April 6, 2026
The Terrorist in Chief
It’s time for us to face up to the ugly reality
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April 5, 2026
Living in Hell
War crimes coming: A horrifying update
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April 5, 2026
Private Credit and the New World of Financial Risk
There’s a whiff of 2008 in the air
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April 4, 2026
Donald Trump Isn't Sounding Like Himself
And that's terrifying
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April 4, 2026
Talking With Lina Khan
From Amazon to antitrust to Mamdani
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April 3, 2026
In Batteries We Trust
A break for some good news
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April 2, 2026
Trump Doesn't Even Have the Courage to Run Away
What the world learned from his big speech
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April 1, 2026
$4 Gasoline is Less Than Half the Story
The biggest losers from the Iran War are buyers of diesel, jet fuel, chemicals and fertilizer
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March 31, 2026
The Psychology of Military Incompetence
How the Iran War was lost
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March 31, 2026
The Oil Crisis is About to Get Physical
From market speculation to crude reality
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March 30, 2026
Pete Hegseth Believes in the Lethality Fairy
"Overwhelming violence of action" as the solution to all problems
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March 30, 2026
Trump’s America and the Axis of Autocracy
The ties that bind Hungary, Russia, European neo-Nazis – and MAGA
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March 29, 2026
Is America Suffering from the “Resource Curse”?
Why the U.S. is the “last big petrostate” and why that’s bad for everyone
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March 28, 2026
Talking with David Roberts
Climate, energy, and America left behind
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March 27, 2026
The Worst and the Dumbest
Has the U.S. military been Kudlowized?
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March 27, 2026
The End of Immigration
Americans despise ICE, but it’s “succeeding” nonetheless
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March 26, 2026
Off Today
Too much going on
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March 25, 2026
The War on Wind Continues
The burn, baby, burn compulsion persists amid a fossil fuel crisis
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March 24, 2026
Treason in the Futures Markets
People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets
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March 23, 2026
Adventures in Fantasy Diplomacy
Trump says he's negotiating with Iran. Iran says he isn't. Who are you gonna believe?
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March 23, 2026
When Hyperglobalization Meets Chaos
Choke points are everywhere you look
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March 22, 2026
Iranian Oil, Still Shipping
And why that says America is losing
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March 22, 2026
How to Burn Less Oil
Reducing our dependence should be easy. But it will be hard to do it fast.
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March 21, 2026
Let's Talk About Fertilizer
We don't need the Strait? Tell it to farmers
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March 21, 2026
Talking With Robin Brooks
Trying to figure out the Hormuz shock
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