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, […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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Trump Trade Fiasco: IRobot Bought by China
Make America Die a Slow, Asinine Death (MADaSAD) How Trump’s Tariffs Helped Push an Iconic U.S. Tech Company into Bankruptcy Another American company has become collateral damage of Trump’s inept and self-defeating fiscal policy. iRobot, the U.S. company best known for its Roomba robotic vacuums, filed for bankruptcy in December 2025 after years of mounting […]
Polar Bear Plunge: Will Humans Follow? (Adaptation Part II)
Polar Bear Plunge: Will Humans Follow? Adaptation Part II Daniel BrouseDecember 14, 2025 Abstract In The Plight of the Penguin: Will Humans Follow? (Adaptation Part I), I examined how multiple penguin species—despite short-term behavioral flexibility—are failing to adapt to the pace and scale of anthropogenic climate change. This second paper extends that analysis to the […]
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The U.S. Economy into 2026: Tariffs, Immigration, and the AI Paradox
by Daniel BrouseDecember 13, 2025 Introduction The U.S. economy in 2025 is shaped by three powerful and interacting forces: tariff implementation, restrictive immigration policies, and the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI). Each has distinct economic effects, but taken together they create a complex macroeconomic picture with both upside and risk. 1. Tariffs: A Drag […]
Tipped Tipping Points: The Non-Linearity of Climate Collapse
By Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee December 12, 2025 Introduction The non-linearity of collapse describes how complex systems can appear stable for long periods before experiencing a sudden, rapid, and often unexpected breakdown. Instead of declining gradually, systems absorb stress quietly until they cross a critical threshold—after which deterioration becomes abrupt, exponential, and irreversible. This […]
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Complex Social-Ecological Feedback Loops and You
by Daniel Brouse December 11, 2025 Complex social-ecological feedback loops arise when human systems and natural systems react to climate change in ways that amplify one another. Because the Earth’s climate operates as a nonlinear, chaotic system, these interactions don’t unfold gradually—they can accelerate suddenly, compound unpredictably, and push the system toward irreversible shifts. 1. […]
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The Plight of the Penguin: Will Humans Follow?
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd MukherjeeDecember 7, 2025 The Plight of the Penguin: Will Humans Follow? Adaptation Part I Abstract Penguin populations across the Southern Hemisphere are undergoing rapid collapse as climate change, ocean warming, disrupted food webs, and human exploitation destabilize their ecosystems. This paper synthesizes new evidence from Antarctic system destabilization, emerging penguin […]
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