Michael Snyder

If you live in the western half of the United States, it is going to be really hot next week. I realize that I have been writing about extreme heat a lot lately, but I can’t help it because what we are experiencing right now is highly unusual. The “Monster El Niño” of 2026 will be causing a tremendous amount of chaos for many months to come, and agricultural production all over the globe will be greatly affected.

A young woman makes a bargain with her fiancé that would give each of them license to sleep with one famous person — presumably one time only and ostensibly with no negative repercussions on their relationship. It’s a whimsical pact that committed couples occasionally make with one another. But what might happen if one of […]

Now we are going to get to see what really happens to the global economy when the Strait of Hormuz is completely closed for an extended period of time. Before the war, approximately 45 percent of all Asian oil imports traveled through the Strait of Hormuz. The Chinese normally get more oil from the Middle […]

President Trump is reportedly weighing a major military escalation against Iran as regional tensions rise and allies prepare for the possibility of a wider conflict.

Somehow we have convinced ourselves that AI companies that are bleeding billions upon billions of dollars are great investments because there is a ...

The Super El Niño that we are currently experiencing is setting new water temperature records in the Pacific Ocean on a daily basis, and one expert is warning that it appears that “it may end up the strongest by a truly mind-blowing margin”…

It is not often that we get to experience three major celestial events on the exact same day. On August 12th, a rare parade of 6 planets will be visible before sunrise. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune will all be lined up across the morning sky. The only planet that we will not get to see will be Venus. Subsequently, there will be a spectacular total solar eclipse that will be visible in much of the northern hemisphere. And after the Sun goes down, the heavens will be teeming with shooting stars during the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower. It truly will be one of the most memorable days that astronomers have experienced in a long time.

One of the best known tragedies of Greek mythology tells of the doomed romance between the preternaturally gifted musician Orpheus and the beautiful wood nymph Eurydice. As befits a sad tale about the risks someone will take for a loved one, it doesn’t end well. Eurydice and Orpheus fall in love, she dies, and he […]

Americans are feeling the affordability crunch as soaring home prices, rising grocery costs and expensive vehicles push the middle-class dream further out of reach.