End Of Cheap Food? Five Forces Set To Drive Grocery Bills Even Higher

In an oped published by Israeli media, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert wrote that Tel Aviv needed to crack down on Jewish terrorism against Palestinians in the West Bank.  “The fight against Jewish terrorism in the West Bank must advance to the next stage and be waged with greater determination,” the former Israeli leader said […]

Europe's Looming Jet Fuel Crisis: Hormuz, Policy Failure, And A Self-Inflicted Supply Shock Submitted by Thomas Kolbe Politics has established a new routine. Right at 12 noon, prices at German gas stations now rise day after day. The government’s pricing decree, a hastily assembled mechanism, acts like an accelerant in an already dramatically strained fuel supply situation. Anyone with rudimentary economic understanding already knew that this form of price regulation would amount to political posturing with fatal consequences. The market is reacting as expected. Gas station operators anticipate general price increases and indirectly...

Threat Of 2030s Lunar War Has NASA, Elon Musk Racing To Build Major Moon Base NASA unveiled plans earlier this week for a lunar base as the U.S. finds itself locked in a multi-domain race with China, one that stretches across energy, compute, weapons, drones, trade, rare earths, shipbuilding, and now the Moon. The next front with Beijing is no longer just about returning humans to the lunar surface. It is about establishing permanent infrastructure, securing access to lunar resources, and eventually determining whether the U.S. or China will set the...