by Daniel Brouse September 3, 2025 Florida faces mounting challenges in health, education, and climate resilience—each reinforcing the state’s declining quality of life. Life ExpectancyFlorida’s life expectancy has fallen sharply. Recent estimates put it at ~77.5 years, down from 79 in 2019, with COVID-19 and drug overdoses driving much of the decline. The state now […]
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Runaway Climate Feedbacks and Systemic Collapse
Daniel Brouse and Sidd MukherjeeSeptember 3, 2025 Our probabilistic, ensemble-based climate model — incorporating complex socio-economic and ecological feedback loops within a dynamic, nonlinear system — projects that global temperatures could rise by as much as 9°C (16.2°F) within this century. This far exceeds earlier estimates, which predicted a 4°C rise over the next thousand […]
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Key Trump Tariffs, Deepening Trade Uncertainty
by Daniel Brouse On August 29, 2025, heading into the Labor Day holiday weekend, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. delivered a major ruling: most of President Donald Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, along with a separate set imposed earlier this year, are illegal. The decision represents both a constitutional challenge […]
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Sea Level Denial vs. Climate Reality: The Accelerating Collapse of Ice Sheets and Ocean Circulation
by Daniel BrouseAugust 29, 2025 Here’s an example response you can use when confronting a climate denier—this one addresses the accelerating rise in sea levels and the collapse of the AMOC. The climate denier said to me: “What an absolute load of BS. Sea level hasn’t changed to ANY verifiable degree in 2,000 years. Sit […]
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Trump’s Attacks on the Fed and Economic Institutions Signal Escalating Risks
Last night, President Trump fired Lisa Cook from the board of the Federal Reserve—a move that has sparked widespread concern. Despite her refusal to step down, domestic markets appear relatively unshaken. However, international observers are sounding the alarm: the independence of the Federal Reserve is a cornerstone of global confidence in the U.S. economy. Trump’s […]
U.S. Manufacturing Hits Historic Lows: Durable Goods and Philly Fed Data Signal Economic Weakness
The latest economic indicators reveal a troubling slowdown in U.S. manufacturing. Durable goods orders and the manufacturing index both posted their worst levels since the 2020 pandemic, signaling a sharp contraction in industrial activity. Philadelphia once again made headlines as the Philly Fed reported a historic decline in its new orders index, falling to -1.9. […]
Trump’s Tariffs Are Crushing U.S. Soy Farmers While Brazil Gains
by Daniel Brouse August 20, 2025 Trump’s latest wave of tariffs is already sending shockwaves through the U.S. agricultural sector, with soybean farmers among the hardest hit. The American Soybean Association has warned that many growers may lose their farms this year, as the trade disruptions come at a critical moment in the harvesting season. […]
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America’s Quiet March Toward Socialism: Trump’s Golden Share and the State’s Expanding Grip on Industry
The United States—long celebrated as the global champion of free-market capitalism—is drifting toward state-controlled economics at a pace few could have predicted. Recent developments reveal a pattern of government intervention in critical industries that blurs the lines between capitalism, protectionism, and outright socialism. Trump’s Golden Share in U.S. Steel Perhaps the clearest example comes from […]
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Evaporation: Death by Corn Sweat
by Daniel Brouse and Sidd Mukherjee August 10, 2025 Introduction: Observing a Vanishing Pool I’ve been researching evaporation for decades, but sometimes the most telling experiments happen in my own backyard. At the start of this pool season, rainfall far exceeded evaporation. Then, for the past two months, the balance flipped: with little rain and […]
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The Hidden Tax: How Rising Tariffs Harm the U.S. Economy and Burden Everyday Americans
As of August 7, 2025, the effective average U.S. tariff rate on imported goods and services has surged to approximately 22.38%. Historically, that number has hovered around 2.5%, reflecting decades of relatively free trade and open global markets. This abrupt increase represents not only a dramatic reversal of U.S. trade policy, but also the single […]