Dollars and Sense Four in 10 Americans Have No Retirement Savings at All Four in 10 Americans have no retirement savings — a slow-moving crisis that spans every generation. 57% of young workers aged 18 to 34... Harrison Kass3 days ago
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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The Strait of Hormuz Crisis Means the Iran War Can’t End Three months into the Iran War, Gulf states are pushing the United States and Israel toward a lasting peace settlement with Tehran. The talks... Brandon Weichert5 days ago
Dollars and Sense $18 Billion in Gold and Emeralds From A Lost Spanish Galleon Might Be Sitting Off Columbia More than 300 years after the 150-foot-long Spanish galleon San José came to a grisly end off the coast of Colombia, the world’s most... Georgia GilholyMay 19, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More Cheap Chinese EVs Would Gut America’s Ability to Fight a Long War Over Taiwan For months, conservatives have fretted that Donald Trump may agree to open the U.S. auto market to cheap Chinese electric vehicles as part of... Andrew LathamMay 14, 2026
Dollars and Sense $2,500,000,000 Smuggling Ring: The U.S. Busted a Chinese Smuggling Ring for Nvidia Chips Before the Trump-Xi Beijing Summit The U.S. is Right to Push Back on China—Even While Talking: President Donald Trump is now in Beijing, set to meet with General Secretary... Andrew HardingMay 13, 2026
Dollars and Sense A Self-Taught Grammar School Dropout Invented the Microwave Oven at Raytheon — He Was Paid $2 for the Patent Percy Spencer invented the microwave oven at Raytheon after a chocolate bar in his pocket melted near an active radar magnetron in 1945. Spencer... Brandon WeichertMay 13, 2026
Dollars and Sense Japan Is Building a $13,000,000,000 Hydrogen Energy Infrastructure to Escape the Strait of Hormuz Oil Crisis — Kawasaki Just Launched a 30% Hydrogen Engine Kawasaki Heavy Industries has begun commercial sales of the world’s first large gas engine that can burn up to 30% hydrogen blended with natural... Jack BuckbyMay 12, 2026
Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More The U.S. Naval Blockade Cannot End the Strait of Hormuz Crisis — China Buys 90% of Iran’s Oil and Has Not Pulled Back Since the February 28 strikes on Iran, traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen to roughly 5% of pre-war levels. That removes approximately... Andrew LathamMay 12, 2026