Economy
Trump’s Canada and LatAm Policies Could Cost Him the Senate
The crude venality of the Trump administration blew up trade talks with Canada and are triggering a backlash…
How Riding the Subway as a Kid Changed the Way I See the World
Conor here: A paper last year from the Minneapolis Fed showed how income segregation in the US has…
Are We Alone? Cosmic Loneliness and the Longing to Believe (with Adam Kirsch)
Has the earth been visited by extraterrestrials? Are we alone? Despite no formal evidence for conscious life outside…
Iran War: Bessent’s Flailing and the Misunderstood Coming, Strait of Hormuz “Closure” Accelerated Crisis
[Today’s Iran war post launched before complete because reasons. Please return at 8:00 AM EDT for the final…

US‑Canada Trade War Deepens as Trump Revives Depression‑Era Trade Tool – What’s at Stake for Consumers and the Midterms
Yves here. The Trump trade row with Canada is yet another example of Trump’s pathological need to dominate…
More Signs of Escalation in the Ceuta-Morocco Border Crisis
The main underlying issue is “control over the Strait of Gibraltar,” since at the present time the straits…
















