by Andrew Moran | Aug 5, 2022 | Articles, Business News, Good Reads, Opinion
Is the US economy in a recession? No, of course not. It’s just a progress recession – or so says CNN. What’s the difference? Now that the country has entered into a technical recession – two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth – the White House and its...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 3, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
The importance of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit cannot be overstated. Her meetings with the Taipei government send a message to Beijing that the United States will not be cowed by the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) hostile threats. For the last...
by Andrew Moran | Aug 2, 2022 | Articles, Business News, Opinion
Editor’s Note: The first article in this two-part series, Jim Rogers – Dire Predictions for the US Economy, assesses financial conditions in the United States. Legendary investor Jim Rogers thinks it may be growing pains, while others believe that China is falling...
by Dave Patterson | Aug 2, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Terrorism
In a counterterrorism drone strike in the skies over Afghanistan, the CIA has killed al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri. A coordinator of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Zawahiri took part in planning, coordinating, and supplying...
by Sarah Cowgill | Aug 2, 2022 | Articles, Good Reads, Opinion, Politics
During a planned Asian junket, it appears the scene is set for US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to visit Taiwan in a high-stakes game of international diplomatic chicken. Stops in the region include Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea, and Japan. Although no one from the US...