Author: Gary Wilson

Israeli jets killed at least 254 people in Lebanon on April 8 — the deadliest single day of Israeli attacks on the country since 2006 — just hours after the Trump administration announced a ceasefire […]

Washington is selling Trump’s announced two-week ceasefire with Iran as a diplomatic victory. In reality, it looks like a retreat dressed up as a deal, following a U.S. operation near Isfahan that appears to have […]

Oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz have largely been halted. Nationwide gas prices hit $4 a gallon on March 31, according to AAA. Analysts warn prices could reach $6 or $7 in California by […]

The Financial Times does not usually look to Cuba for lessons. But even the business press has had to notice what U.S. policy has produced: Washington’s oil blockade, tightened under conditions of widening war, has […]

The U.S. war on Iran has reached the data centers that power the AI boom. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it struck data center infrastructure linked to Amazon in Bahrain on April 2, with […]

The U.S. war on Iran is not only driving up oil prices. It is putting the food supply chain at risk. The Strait of Hormuz has been effectively closed to normal commercial traffic. So far, […]

Military spending is good for the economy. That argument surfaces every time the Pentagon budget expands or a new war begins. Contracts are awarded, factories ramp up, unemployment ticks down and GDP climbs. Officials point […]