Author: Gary Wilson

The U.S. war on Iran is driving up Japan’s oil bill and exposing a deep weakness in its economy. Japan buys nearly all its oil from West Asia, most of it shipped through the Strait […]

On July 30 and 31, tens of thousands of Moroccan workers crossed into the Spanish-held enclave of Ceuta. At least 72 drowned or were crushed on the way. The toll kept rising as bodies washed […]

In late July, after 13 straight nights of bombing Iran, the Pentagon drew up a multistage assault to hit the country’s coastal defenses, missile launchers, power plants and ports. President Donald Trump’s own advisers talked […]

The U.S. bombed southern Iran again the night of July 29, killing a father, mother and their two-year-old child in a home on Qeshm Island, at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz. Two more […]

Netflix began streaming all eight episodes of its “Little House on the Prairie” reboot on July 9, 2026. Before the first episode aired, the right had already declared war on it. Podcaster Megyn Kelly warned […]

In July, free software from China set off the worst week for U.S. chip stocks in over a year and briefly cost Nvidia its place as the world’s most valuable company. Wall Street panicked because […]

The U.S. House of Representatives voted 216-212 on July 22 for legislation that would write the merger of U.S. and Israeli military industry into permanent law. Section 219 of the fiscal 2027 National Defense Authorization […]