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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

A U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler prepares to refuel from a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker over the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 29, 2025. The Growlers are assigned to the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group supporting maritime security operations in the CENTCOM AOR. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gerald R. Willis)

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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

Dollars and Sense

Russia Found 511 Billion Barrels of Oil Beneath Antarctica — Nearly Double Saudi Arabia’s Reserves and It’s All Illegal to Drill

Russian geological surveys aboard the research vessel Akademik Alexander Karpinsky have mapped sedimentary formations beneath Antarctica’s Weddell Sea that could hold roughly 511 billion...

Jack BuckbyMay 8, 2026

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The Strait of Hormuz Just Stopped 20% of the World’s Oil — but the Strait of Malacca Could Stop One-Third of Global GDP

Iran has functionally closed the Strait of Hormuz during Operation Epic Fury, halting roughly 20% of the world’s oil supply and triggering an immediate...

Harrison KassMay 8, 2026

Soldiers with the Kennesaw-based 277th Maintenance Company, 110th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 78th Troop Command, Georgia Army National Guard, salute the U.S. flag during their Welcome Home Ceremony at Hangar Five, Clay National Guard Center, Marietta, Georgia, Dec. 12, 2025. The 277th Maintenance Company has supported numerous emergency response operations and has most recently provided personnel and expertise in support of Joint Task Force-Southern Border (JTF-SB). (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt Alex Lopez)

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Immigration Is America’s Superpower—and China Can’t Copy It

Key Points and Summary – Great-power competition starts with people. As China and much of the developed world age and shrink, America keeps renewing...

Andrew LathamDecember 18, 2025

Dollars and Sense

China’s Greatest Enemy Isn’t America

Key Points and Summary – America and China tell grand stories about external threats—carrier fleets, alliances, missiles—but the most decisive constraint on both powers...

Andrew LathamDecember 17, 2025

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Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Cheap Chinese EVs Would Gut America’s Ability to Fight a Long War Over Taiwan

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

Dollars and Sense

A Self-Taught Grammar School Dropout Invented the Microwave Oven at Raytheon — He Was Paid $2 for the Patent

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

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

Dollars and Sense

Russia Found 511 Billion Barrels of Oil Beneath Antarctica — Nearly Double Saudi Arabia’s Reserves and It’s All Illegal to Drill

Dollars and Sense

The Strait of Hormuz Just Stopped 20% of the World’s Oil — but the Strait of Malacca Could Stop One-Third of Global GDP

Military Hardware: Tanks, Bombers, Submarines and More

Immigration Is America’s Superpower—and China Can’t Copy It

Dollars and Sense

China’s Greatest Enemy Isn’t America

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