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A January of 2017 Smithsonian article by Kat Eschner placed the wealth of John D. Rockefeller as peaking at almost 900 million dollars in 1912. A little over a hundred years later, Elon Musk is the wealthiest American. How does the wealth…

Like president, like vice president. United States President Joe Biden has been notorious since early in his presidential term for ducking press conferences, interviews, and other opportunities for journalists to ask him difficult or just unexpected questions. Now, in the third week…

In April, I wrote about the United States government agreeing to remove its troops from Niger after, a month earlier, the new government of Niger demanded this action. Here is an update. On Monday, the US Department of Defense and Niger Ministry…

The Israel government won’t stop its decimating of Gaza. Plus, it keeps lashing out at other nations in the region. Doesn’t it worry that it will end up defeated by engaging in war too broadly? The worry may be small because the…

One of the major authoritarian measures adopted at the beginning of this decade in the name of countering coronavirus was “vaccine passports.” These certifications, on paper or in electronic form, that a person had received the government specified minimum number of experimental…

Argentina President Javier Milei came into office as a big booster of Israel and Ukraine wars reliant on aid from the United States government for continuation. In response to President Nicolás Maduro this weekend winning reelection in Venezuela — a long-term US…