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Back in March, when the Trump administration and the Israeli government initiated their attack on Iran, it didn’t take a prophet to foresee the potential for an energy disruption due to the Strait of Hormuz getting blocked off to at least some extent. With over 10 million barrels a day worth of oil blocked at its peak, along with 20 percent of the global economy’s liquefied natural gas (LNG), the blockade has caused the greatest energy supply disruption in history. At the start, some analysts were predicting oil could go as high as $200 a barrel. Instead, oil jumped to a peak of $103.90 sixteen days into the war and settled below that mark in the months after.

All recent activity affecting ‘public lands’ today seeks to stop ecological stewardship and promote mercantile relationships. At the core of American

This is a summer of extreme heat that refuses to end. Record temperatures have fallen one after another across Germany, Czechia, Poland, Denmark,

Low-wage U.S. workers have faced multiple rising threats to their economic and personal security over the past year. Aggressive ICE actions have

The $40 trillion debt point naturally prompted much griping among pundits, many of whom see their job as promoting hysteria in order to justify cuts to

Those who call themselves “pacifists” and have been fighting for more than four years to prevent Ukrainians from receiving weapons should now be

US President Donald Trump on August 28 announced via social media a US agreement with Venezuela by means of which a sizable portion of Venezuela’ oil

Secretary of State Marco Rubio's denunciations of the International Criminal Court (ICC) last July are only the latest U.S. threats against that judicial body. In June and July,1998 the United States participated in the drafting of the Rome Statute creating the ICC. But America refused to ratify the Statute when it became effective in 2002. The U.S. remains a non-member.

Before we catch up on the game, here are the latest numbers on market capitalization and P/E ratios: It’s the fourth quarter and the game is tied, but

Photograph by Nathaniel St. Clair I was in a low-key New York bar on Seventh Avenue in the mid-80s when I became aware of the steely eyes