The Elites And Their Contempt

This week’s “new ceasefire” between Israel and Lebanon continues to be highlighted by increasingly aggressive Israeli military attacks across Lebanon’s south, with at least 10 more Lebanese killed today, including three members of the Lebanese military. Given yesterday’s Israeli claim that they have “no hostile intent” toward the Lebanese government, that particular attack is particularly […]

US Consumer Prices Are Rising At Their Fastest Pace In 3 Years Bearing in mind the one-off impact of BLS correcting for shutdown-related distortions (in rent/shelter) from last October., this morning's CPI was expected to come in hot as the impact of the Iran war starts to spread (energy, airfares, transport) and the melt-up in memory costs (unrelated to war) as the token wars continue. As a reminder, March saw headline CPI in line (energy) while Core CPI actually printed cooler than expected. and we suspect most attention will be on the...

For Decades, The United States Ignored Latin America. All That Changed Under Trump. Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, In a pre-dawn raid in January, Delta Force soldiers burst in on a sleeping Nicolás Maduro, capturing the Venezuelan leader wanted on U.S. narco-terrorism charges. Illustration by The Epoch Times, Getty Images, Public Domain The dramatic end of Maduro's control over a country emblematic of left-wing politics underscored Latin America's shift to the political right. Since late 2025, the leadership has flipped from left to right in five Latin American countries: Bolivia,...