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WTI Extends Gains As US Oil Product Exports Hit Record Highs, Huge SPR Release, Production Dips Oil prices are modestly higher this morning, erasing overnight losses on Trump's 'ceasefire extension' after Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. While headline roulette continues to drive oil prices incrementally, this morning's inventory/supply data from DOE will provide some color on how the API Crude -4.5mm Cushing +700k Gasoline -5.2mm Distillates -4.6mm DOE Crude +1.925mm Cushing +806k Gasoline -4.57mm - 10th weekly draw in a row Distillates -3.43mm - 4th weekly draw in a row Crude stocks unexpectedly saw a build last week...

The Great Menopause Grift Authored by Alan Cassels via The Brownstone Institute, Well, well, look here. In its June 2026 update the venerated OED or Oxford English Dictionary, finally added the 'new' word, fearmonging. It explains fearmongering as "the action or an act of spreading fear or alarm among the public, esp. by exaggerating the dangers associated with a political, social, or economic issue; alarmism." Thank goodness, the dictionary has caught up to our society's most pernicious habit; that is, using fear to sell anything. Especially when it comes to our health. Here...

AI has created enormous demand for new data centers, and many communities do not want them nearby. The Rothbardian answer is not blanket permission or blanket prohibition, but a property-rights framework and the return of market forces that government policy has largely displaced.