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American political (and military) support for Israel appears to be on borrowed time – maybe 10 years

– by New Deal democrat Occasionally on Sundays I have posted on things other than the economy. Some dramatic poll results I saw this past week called out for such a post. A popular poster over at Bluesky named Micah posted what comes pretty close to my overall view of the 2024 Presidential campaign: But […]

International Emergency Economic Powers Act

Angry Bear is fortunate to have an association with a writer at the Tax Foundation. While it may not be similar content, it does offer a different view. Guest Commentary by Erica York. ~~~~~~~ Customs and Border Protection (CBP) continues preparing to refund more than $166 billion in unlawfully collected tariffs plus interest; it’s a process that will rightly return funds to […]

TDS and the economics of Trump’s war on Iran

The Trumpenproletariat loves to point to those who disagree with Dear Leader as having Trump Derangement Syndrome. But like everything they accuse others of, it’s what they’re guilty of. “A week ago I asked whether global energy markets have “Trump Derangement Syndrome.” I was being a bit arch because I didn’t mean in the sense […]

Questioning the Court’s Decisions

A six-minute read if you are interested in what the author is claiming. I envision this court as unusual when compared to other SCOTUS courts in the past. I agree with the author in his stating the Roberts court is not conservative in its decisions. Instead, those decisions are heavily skewed to a partisan belief […]

Flying Athletes to Basket Ball Games and Deportees in Chains to Other Countries

What would you do or say? By all expectations, I would believe universities and the companies supporting them would be more careful with association with commercial entities. That association can (and more likely than not) have a negative impact. I suspect the universities (giving the benefit of the doubt) did not know of this association. […]

How Many Times Does the Court Decide in Favor of this Administration?

“Above The Law,” Kathryn Rubino, A Trivia Question . . . “Trump Judges Are Very Different Than Other Republican-Appointed Judges,” Above the Law   “It turns out which Republican president nominates you matters. According to an analysis by Court Accountability of 384 federal cases challenging actions by the Trump II administration, judges appointed by Republicans […]

A Post Office Mark May Mean Nothing Now

Some information if you are dependent upon post marks to show you met a date via USPS stamp on your letter. Angry Bear has had a long relationship with Steve Hutkins’ “Save the Post Office.” Steve is credible and knowledgeable writer with regard the USPS. “When a postmark no longer tracks mailing,” Save The Post […]

Self-sufficiency in oil has done nothing at all to insulate the U.S. economy

Self-sufficiency does not mean stable pricing in the United States as Paul Krugman explains in his earlier March commentary. There is no allegiance to US citizens by oil companies. Give the tax breaks and citizens still pay. “The Impotence of Drill, Baby, Drill,” Paul Krugman, March 10, 2026 America produces a lot of oil. It […]

Cursive time.

I was on a Facebook thread recently questioning why kids should be *required* to learn cursive these days. I was casting around for an analogy to illustrate both the fact that cursive *could* have utility and acknowledging that in the third decade of the 21st century, it is an anachronism. One example is reading a […]

Expert analysis on Iran

I’ve had several Iranian colleagues throughout my faculty career. Unsurprisingly, none were anti-American. Here’s an interview with Juan Cole and Mojtaba Mahdavi, two Middle East experts, on the current events in Iran. They discuss the politics in Iran and among the Iranian diaspora. Both Cole and Mahdavi point to the Netanyahu ambition of hegemony in […]