Author: Gary Wilson

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 […]

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fired Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George on April 2, ordering him to retire immediately. George is one of more than a dozen senior officers pushed out since January. According […]

The U.S. war on Iran is costing up to $2.1 billion a day — and the real number is being hidden. Official estimates put the cost closer to $1 billion a day. But those figures […]

Stocks fell before Trump finished speaking in his April Fool’s address to the nation. Oil jumped to $109 a barrel. Asian markets dropped. Futures tied to the S&P 500 slid. Borrowing costs rose as the […]

JPMorgan Chase chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon has broken with the careful silence most corporate executives have maintained since Operation Epic Fury began. In an interview with “The Axios Show,” the leader of the largest […]

Ukraine struck Russia’s oil ports. That blow lands on Cuba, cutting off the fuel the island needs. Between March 22 and March 31, Ukrainian forces struck the ports of Ust-Luga and Primorsk multiple times, damaging […]