Is The Trump Trade War Over? Probably not, but maybe. The basic problem is that Trump has long wanted to beat up on other nations in a trade war; but…

…weapons, troop readiness; and military adventures. China will not be fighting any boots on the ground war, nor one with missiles launched, with the US. China is not stupid. Only…

…to their basest; to ignorance. Theirs was a war on elites, and, of course, hippies. Not to mention, non-whites. Not directly, please. While Nixon did this pandering using Buchananesque slogans…

Why War Might Go On Longer  An unfortunate reason the current war in Ukraine might go on longer than it should (with the should here being that it should never…

…stake in the war, he’d be right.  But if not just a few, but thousands, including whole units, opt for the deal, it sends the message that Putin’s war aims…

…after resisting any optimism on the war for weeks I really do see a path forward that is far from endless war and war crimes and totalitarian domination for Ukraine….

…seem at least somewhat plausible. Some links: Logistical challenges getting HIMARS/MLRS to Ukraine. Russian energy warfare. Russian information warfare, outwaiting public opinion. And Biden asks Blinken and Austin to tone…

…great war finished.” Referring to the Civil War, which had ended just five years before, the paper’s editor explained: “That rebellion was undertaken to preserve and perpetuate human slavery, and,…

…difference in the real world, now seemed the time.  How exciting to be caught up in this extraordinary moment!               Driving all these events was the Vietnam war, by 1970…

January 2024 consumer inflation: still a tug of war between gas and housing  – by New Deal democrat As it has been for going on two years, consumer inflation has…