A Further US Attack on Iran Would be Pointless Kabuki

A US President, beset by the Epstein story that refuses to lie down and die, and under pressure from domestic hawks because of a visibly collapsing Ukraine, has been letting off a blunderbuss of geo-political threats across the board: Firstly, and principally, at...

BLS-Gate: Lies, Damned Lies, And (Government) Statistics

Is President Trump trying to manipulate Bureau of Labor Statistics’ jobs report? Probably. WIll he be the first president to attempt to manipulate government-created statistics to his own political benefit? Hardly! Also today: Trump looks at new tariffs on Canada....

Cold War 2.0 Heats Up

Last week the nuclear rhetoric between the US and Russia made some of us feel like we were transported back to 1962. Back then, Soviet moves to place nuclear-capable missiles 90 miles off our coast in Cuba led to the greatest crisis of the Cold War. The United States...