After Mass Beheadings, Can Trump Still Claim ‘Shared Values’ With Saudis? Saudi Arabia recently executed 37, most of them Shiites, for, among other minor crimes participating in a political protest. At least two victims were under 18 at the time of their “crimes.” President Trump has spoken of our “shared values”...
Sanders Is Mistaken: The Size of Government Needs To Be Capped Senator Bernie Sanders wants to cap the amount of assets that big financial institutions hold. But how does Sanders, or government, or anyone know how big a company should be? Such laws would be totally arbitrary, would not prevent financial...
Will Congress Finally Pull The Plug On Brutal Yemen War? After three years of US-supported Saudi and United Arab Emirates war on Yemen – with thousands of civilians dead and millions facing starvation – some Members of Congress are looking to curb US facilitation of the genocide. Will new measures...
The End of Dollar Hegemony and the Crypto Craze Dollar hegemony as the world reserve currency is unwinding and coming to an end. While major monetary changes are ahead, the direction that things will go is still far from certain. We know that government and central banks want to...