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Find Your Strait Of Hormuz Before It Finds You
The Strait of Hormuz was studied for decades before it became a crisis this spring. The same pattern is now running through the federal budget, the universities, and the healthcare system.
What The Ceasefire Couldn’t Fix
Last month, 20 of 21 groups saw optimism fall. This month, 20 of 21 saw stress fall. But the headline sentiment index barely budged. Relief is not the same thing as recovery.
Kamikaze Diplomacy
Iran spent years persuading the Gulf that it could be trusted. One night over Abu Dhabi erased that case.
For Trump, Approval Is All About The Base, As Dems, Independent Voters Cool: I&I/TIPP Poll
One President, Two Realities
What The Ceasefire Couldn’t Fix
Last month, 20 of 21 groups saw optimism fall. This month, 20 of 21 saw stress fall. But the headline sentiment index barely budged. Relief is not the same thing as recovery.
America Is The World’s Hottest Economy
Investment is flooding in, growth is accelerating, and free markets are firing again.
The Smithereens
Kudlow unloads the numbers and the inflation smear machine goes up in smoke.
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Imported Chaos
A billion-dollar Somali fraud in Minnesota exposes America’s failed refugee policy.
Why Peace In Ukraine Remains A Distant Prospect
By Ian Bremmer, Project Syndicate | December 4, 2025 When two warring parties’ core objectives are fundamentally incompatible, no amount of external pressure or diplomacy can bridge the gap between them. Peace in Ukraine will come eventually, but it almost certainly will not come from US President Donald Trump's
The Great Deception
How Biden’s hidden illness, a complicit press, and a corrupted establishment betrayed the American people.