Regarding the so-called “peace negotiations” with Russia, this seems like an appropriate moment for a brief refresher on finance and economic incentives. Trump’s long history of bankruptcies matters here. After repeatedly stiffing lenders and investors, he effectively ran out of credible financing options in the U.S. and much of Europe. Major banks wanted nothing to […]
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Buy Low / Sell High
Business & the Economy | Trumpenomics | Business Achieves Economic Forecast Confirmed, Damage Accelerated Executive Summary When Donald Trump took office in January 2025 for his second term, we issued a clear forecast: a rapid deterioration in U.S. economic performance driven by protectionism, institutional erosion, policy uncertainty, and hostility toward science and immigration. That forecast […]
Wailing into the Warming Seas
Can Whales Adapt to Climate Change? (Adaptation III) by Daniel Brouse Whales are among the most influential organisms in Earth’s climate and ocean systems. They migrate vast distances, cycle nutrients through the water column, and sequester enormous amounts of carbon. When a whale dies, its body sinks to the seafloor, locking carbon away for centuries—making […]
Trump’s War on Freedom: Deportations, Censorship, and the Assault on the Constitution
Trump’s war on freedom did not begin with his return to office — but it has accelerated dramatically. What we are witnessing now is not isolated misconduct, but a systematic assault on the Constitution, the free press, and the rule of law. One of the most alarming developments is the illegal deportation of individuals to […]
Tariffs Are Taxes (Just Ask Jim Beam)
Tariffs are taxes. Full stop.And like most taxes, they impose economic costs. But unlike many taxes, tariffs are among the most economically damaging because they are regressive, distortionary, and imposed directly on trade flows that sustain growth, employment, and competitiveness. History and basic economics are unambiguous: taxes rarely generate a net benefit to the economy, […]
Extreme Energy Events: How a Warming Planet Converts Heat Into Destruction
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd MukherjeeDecember 18, 2025 From “Global Warming” to System-Wide Energy Overload The phrase global warming is widely misunderstood. While it accurately describes a rise in Earth’s average temperature, it fails to capture the true source of risk: a rapid increase in total energy within the Earth system. Heat is only the […]
Energy Events: Extreme Wind as a Climate Signal
by Daniel BrouseDecember 17, 2025 Climate change is not simply warming the planet; it is fundamentally increasing the amount of energy circulating through the Earth system. As thermal energy accumulates in the atmosphere and oceans, it is increasingly expressed through extreme “energy events” — wind, precipitation, heat, and rapid pressure gradients — rather than through […]
Trump’s Second Term, Year One: Forecast Confirmed, Damage Accelerated
December 18, 2025 Executive Summary When Donald Trump took office in January 2025 for his second term, we issued a clear forecast: a rapid deterioration in U.S. economic performance driven by protectionism, institutional erosion, policy uncertainty, and hostility toward science and immigration. That forecast has not only proven accurate—it has materialized well ahead of schedule. […]
The Dismantling of U.S. Climate Science Under the Trump Administration
In 2025, the Trump administration initiated an unprecedented rollback of federal climate science infrastructure, targeting core research institutions, observational systems, and legal frameworks that have underpinned U.S. and global climate understanding for decades. The most striking move came on December 16, 2025, with the announcement that the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) would be […]
How the “Global Average” Is Hiding the Real Climate Emergency
by Daniel BrouseDecember 16, 2025 Q3 2025: Extreme Global Temperature Anomalies Autumn (September–November) climate data reveal two features that matter far more than the global average: what is happening at the poles and what is happening at the equator. Both the Arctic and Antarctic are experiencing record-breaking temperatures—warming at rates up to 20 times faster […]