Iran’s Control of Strait of Hormuz Means It’s Exporting More Oil Than Before the War

World's Biggest Physical Oil Trader Warns Of Months Of Price Volatility By Michael Kern of OilPrice.com Seasonally lower demand ahead of the peak summer driving season and the continued turbulence in the Middle East could extend the violent oil price swings for months ahead, the top executive of oil trader Gunvor has told the Financial Times. “It is a little bit of a more challenging, softer period that we need to be careful of,” Gary Pedersen, chairman and CEO of Gunvor Group, told FT in an interview published on Monday. “Frankly, it could...

An Ecuadorian official confirmed that US Green Berets were engaged in anti-cartel operations. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump formed a coalition, dubbed Shield of the Americas, that was aimed at combating cartels in Latin and South America. A local official told AFP and UPI that US special forces have been conducting direct operations against suspected cartels […]

Doing The Math: UC Faculty Urges Return To Standardized Testing After Shocking Decline In Skills Authored by Jonathan Turley, Years ago, I wrote a column denouncing the decision of the University of California system to drop standardized testing in the cause of greater racial diversity. Now, hundreds of UC mathematics faculty have called for a return to such testing after reports showing a thirtyfold increase in students with math skills below high school level. As written earlier, the University of California system was an early supporter of this disastrous move. It was heralded as a...