'Sense-Making Seems Impossible...'

This is a rapidly changing story. For the most up-to-date information, readers may wish to consult al-Jazeera’s Liveblog Reports Friday afternoon from senior US officials claim that a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has been agreed upon. The deal was brokered with the help of Qatar, and was scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. local […]

Hormuz Fears Ease As Trump, Ghalibaf Virtually Sign US-Iran Deal, But Energy Flows Remain Months From Normal President Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf have virtually signed a peace deal to end the U.S. naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian ports, the general Gulf region, and begin 60 days of nuclear negotiations, according to CNN, citing US senior sources.  The text of the so-called memorandum of understanding, a 14-point document that should lead to a two-month extension of the ceasefire and the start of negotiations over...

The Lockdown Disaster Must Not Be Forgiven Authored by Ian Miller via The Brownstone Institute, Six years since “15 Days to Slow the Spread", data shows why our policies didn't work... That policy has to have been one of the most disastrous in world history, created by “experts” who took all established pre-pandemic planning documents and tossed them out the window at the first opportunity. It was a policy based on inaccurate reports out of China, which claimed that their lockdowns effectively stamped out transmission of Covid-19 within a matter of days. It was a...