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Crisis in Cuba – Sanctions, Starvation, and Blackouts

???? CUBA'S POWER GRID COLLAPSES UNDER STRAIN Cuba is dealing with a brutal blackout crisis, with power outages lasting up to 20 hours a day. The island’s...

Canada Quietly Turns Back to Nuclear as Net Zero Collides With Reality

For years, politicians across the Western world have insisted that windmills and solar panels would power the future while reliable energy sources were dismantled...

PRIVATE BLOG – Crash into April?

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Wheat has Toppled more Empires than Gunpowder

COMMENT: I am very disappointed in the Trump Administration. He promised to stop the endless wars and has done the opposite. Your track record is far beyond that of...

Saudi Arabia Is Playing the Long Game

  Saudi Arabia is doing precisely what governments do when they understand that the world is no longer stable: buying protection, influence, and time....

Canada’s Housing Crisis Shows the Consequences of the Easy Money Era

Canada’s housing market has become one of the most expensive in the developed world, and the affordability crisis continues to worsen despite rising interest...

PRIVATE BLOG – The High in Precious Metals Full Version

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PRIVATE BLOG – The High in Precious Metals?

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Price Controls Never Solve a Crisis

Governments never seem to learn from history. Every time energy prices surge, politicians rush to impose price controls as if markets can be commanded to obey...

The Fantasy of “Short-Term” War

One of the most dangerous illusions in Washington is the belief that war and energy shocks are temporary. Politicians always assume that prices will spike briefly...