Government Planning Doesn’t Fix Economies

Futures At Session Highs After Oil Drops Below $100 On India Hormuz Transit Hopes US stock futures rebounded from their overnight selloff, and were trading near session highs after three days of losses on Wall Street as Brent slipped below $100 a barrel and investors waited to see if the war in the Middle East would escalate further. The catalyst for the bounce was news that India asked Iran to allow its tanker armada through Hormuz, which would lead to a substantial easing of the global oil shipping blockade. And while it...

Senate To Work Through Weekend Debating SAVE America Act Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), WASHINGTON—The Senate will hold a weekend session as it debates the SAVE America Act, a bill that would require citizenship verification and photo identification in federal elections. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.), joined by other Senate Republicans, speaks to reporters as the government is on verge of shutdown amid partisan standoff, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sept. 30, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times President Donald Trump, who strongly backs the SAVE America...

Welcome To The Lowest-Common-Denominator Society Authored by James Hickman via SchiffSovereign.com, For decades, Germany operated its rail system on an honor model. There were no turnstiles, no barriers. Passengers bought tickets, boarded trains, and conductors performed random spot checks to make sure everyone had paid. It was a system built on trust— and for a long time, it worked, because Germany was a fundamentally law-abiding society. That system has been fraying over the last several years as Germany aggressively imported millions of migrants who don’t respect the law. The most egregious example took place...