Dollars and Sense
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is not completely empty, but it has been drawn down to critically low levels not seen since the...
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Dollars and Sense
A former Trump Administration economics adviser made a bold prediction when I spoke to him last week: “If the Strait of Hormuz isn’t opened...
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“The GOP is in a silent state of panic.” That’s what a former 2016 and 2020 top Trump presidential campaign official told me this...
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Summary and Key Points: Naval service demands a sacrifice that goes beyond combat risk. Sailors routinely deploy for six to twelve months, missing children’s...
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Summary and Key Points: The USS Massachusetts (BB-2) was America’s first modern battleship and arguably its worst. Designed for coastal defense rather than blue-water...
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Four in 10 Americans have no retirement savings — a slow-moving crisis that spans every generation. 57% of young workers aged 18 to 34...
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On paper, Vladimir Putin is a modestly compensated public servant. The Kremlin’s official disclosures list his annual salary at roughly $140,000. His declared personal...
Dollars and Sense
The U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve is draining at its fastest rate in roughly a decade — projections suggest levels will drop from 415 million...
Dollars and Sense
There is no F-35 Lightning II kill switch — the Joint Program Office and Lockheed Martin have both said so directly. But the rumor...
Dollars and Sense
Airbus Defense and Space chief Mike Schoellhorn told an Airbus event that he would support a two-aircraft solution for the European Future Combat Air...