Dowd: "Investment Bubbles Are A Feature Of Capitalism, Not A Bug"

A UN inquiry into the Israeli war against Gaza found that the IDF is targeting children.  “Israeli authorities and security forces have deliberately targeted Palestinian children, resulting in genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in the Gaza Strip and war crimes in the West Bank,” the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the […]

What Season Is It? March temperatures across the Mid-Atlantic region were all over the place, swinging from the low 70s to cold and snowy the next day; the same pattern appears to be carrying into early April. Temperatures across the Washington, DC-Baltimore metro area were in the low 80s on Saturday, while New York City was in the high 60s. More of March's schizophrenic weather looks set to return Monday night into Tuesday, with meteorologist Ben Noll forecasting a late-season round of snow showers across parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast...

"Definitely Doesn't Work": US Energy Sec Rejects Diesel Export Ban, Risks Creating Bigger Supply-Squeeze Later President Trump will not be pleased... US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has publicly opposed calls for a ban on US diesel exports, arguing on Wednesday that the measure would backfire by increasing gasoline and jet fuel prices. "The blunt ​tool of banning diesel exports definitely doesn't ‌work," ⁠Wright said at an event in New York, as reported by Reuters. Wright said restricting exports would leave refiners with excess diesel inventories, forcing them to cut refinery output. Lower refinery runs, he...