UN Says Iran Has Enough Uranium to Produce Nuclear Weapon
The atomic agency of the United Nations says it has questioned Iran, but has not received credible explanations as to why Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium has grown so…
Pentagon Discloses Stunning Account of Russia’s Losses
The US military released an estimate of large equipment and personnel losses over the course of the three-month long attack on Ukraine, which is still ongoing. A senior defense official…
Biden Set to Settle for Subpar Nuclear Deal
The Biden administration seems poised to accept an Iran nuclear deal that not only fails to improve on the original 2015 agreement but manages to be worse. Representative Lee Zeldin…
The coming crisis in…fertilizer
Turmoil in the commodity markets has increased since Putin invaded Ukraine. One area of volatility that’s not getting near the attention is should: fertilizer. There’s a crisis brewing here that…
The limits of energy ‘independence”
Rising fuel prices and the prospect of more pain to come has the political class falling over itself to promote energy independence and the need for more domestic energy production….
Rhode Island takes up marijuana legalization
Add Rhode Island to the list of states looking seriously at ending marijuana prohibition, and the damage its done to America’s civil liberties: …Rhode Island House and Senate committees have…
California bill would create interstate market for marijuana
While the federal government continues to pursue marijuana prohibition, the states continue to lead. And one piece of legislation in California could pose the most serious challenge yet to the…
Federal government dithering stands in the way of marijuana legalization
Even as more states take it upon themselves to end marijuana prohibition, the federal government continues to dither and dawdle on the issue. Blame the entrenched drug war mentality in…
The political calculation at the heart of oil sanction reluctance
While a wide variety of sanctions, public and private, have been imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, oil and gas remain off the official list of forbidden products….
The CIA’s domestic spying problem
The Central Intelligence Agency is not supposed to spy on U.S. citizens. But according to recently released documents, the CIA is actively spying on U.S. citizens, without warrants or outside…