…on lax regulations on the quality of water in bottles, the need to fund public water systems, the oil and energy consumption from making and moving bottles, and some hostile…

…a few percent of GDP in Scandinavia, to about 15% in Continental Europe, and 60% in Gulf countries and some Latin American economies. We use these estimates to construct revised…

…who tried to save the US from the Tonkin Gulf resolution and our involvement in the war in Vietnam. However, I think it is now clear that the honor belongs…

…Persian Gulf and maybe not even be facing a nuclear weapons armed North Korea. But our current president seems bent on doing his best to make sure that future presidents…

…probably is having an effect. It all seems to boil down to an anomalously huge monthly surge in retail sales, even after adjusting for inflation, last September. It is easily…

…the midwest to the Gulf coast outweighs the growth of the minority vote. It’s possible that felon re-enfranchisement will make up the difference, but I’m not holding my breath. Meanwhile…

…quietly aided the reunification of Germany, which has turned out to be a peaceful power. He did not invade Iraq at the end of the first Gulf War. He agreed…

…It’s simply more blatant, because it has to be. Take an example: the Gulf of Tonkin “incident”. This was, as all sides now agree, a direct, calculated lie. The administration…

…blocking US actions following up on this. These actions have involved reintroducing economic sanctions on Iran. Oil exports from Iran have fallen by half since then and are likely to…

…past years, sea ice melted much more in the Eurasian arctic at the extremities of the Gulf Stream than on the North American side. In contrast, the decline in ice…