Every government eventually reaches the point where people stop asking whether the law exists and begin asking whether anyone intends to enforce it. That is where we are today. Reports surfaced showing Mission Regional Medical Center in South Texas advertising maternity packages in Mexico through Spanish-language billboards and a website encouraging expectant mothers to travel […]

QUESTION: You said the the US is not certain of victory against Iran. Could you explain that view? Sam ANSWER: George Washington did lose more battles than he won early on losing New York was his worst. Nevertheless, his overall record shows he understood that winning the war mattered more than winning every battle. He […]

QUESTION: Many significant families and individuals gained their wealth through unethical means, e.g., Gates, Rothschilds/Rockefellers… R ANSWER: While I am certainly no fan of Bill Gates, starting a company that then makes him a billionaire because of valuations, does not qualify as unethical. Gates’ tactics and seeking to be a monopoly is unethical in my […]

The United States is now chasing critical minerals because Washington finally realized that outsourcing everything to China was national suicide. Tungsten is not some luxury commodity. It is used in missile warheads, fighter aircraft, semiconductors, and defense technology. Kazakhstan has one of the largest undeveloped tungsten deposits in the world, and the project could eventually […]

The Japanese government is now openly admitting what I have been warning about for years. Rising interest rates are beginning to dramatically increase the government’s debt-servicing costs. For decades, Japan survived by suppressing interest rates to nearly zero while endlessly rolling over debt. That strategy only works so long as rates remain artificially low. Once […]

The primary driver of the rupee’s recent movement has been the conflict between the US-Israel alliance and Iran. India has stated that the conflict has had a “debilitating impact on the global economy and energy supplies.”  As a major importer of oil, India is vulnerable to price shocks and supply chain disruptions. The rupee hit […]

Zul Mohammed from Pakistan, running for Mayor of Carrollton, TX says: “No vet has made any sacrifice. I want to make that clear. I do not support the US military. No, I do not support the United States. I look down on both entities” pic.twitter.com/Hc5vAUNtnb — Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) June 8, 2026 When I first […]

The government keeps telling people the economy is strong because the stock market keeps making new highs. That is the great deception behind every bubble throughout history. Wall Street is not Main Street. You can have record highs in financial assets while society underneath is quietly rotting in real time. The New York Federal Reserve […]

April existing home sales in the U.S. came in at an annualized pace of just 4.02 million units, barely rising 0.2% from March and missing expectations yet again. We are now looking at one of the weakest spring housing seasons in decades, despite population growth and years of underbuilding. Real estate has always been driven […]

US President Donald Trump reversed himself again as he continues to look for a way out of this quagmire, which has become a deeply unpopular conflict that’s driven up gas prices and threatens to plunge Europe into its own Great Depression.  The Iranian government appears divided, and the military seems to be assuming power, declining […]