Lithium. It’s Not The End Of The World As We Know It
Oil was a critical resource we were running out of, until we were not running out. Same with Lithium.
Economy
From Scorched Earth to Empty Shelves: How Some Wars Are Fought Without Firing a Shot
Future wars won’t thunder across borders on tanks or scream overhead in fighter jets. That’s old-fashioned, noisy, and—worst of all—obvious. The next wars will arrive quietly, wearing lab coats, carrying clipboards, and insisting it’s “just a naturally occurring disruption.” No explosions. No declarations. Just empty shelves, euthanized livestock, and a government spokesperson calmly reminding you that there is no evidence of foul play at this time.
Please, leave the government out of trying to ‘fix’ the ‘affordable housing’ problem
As people yell about the lack of “affordable housing” I see an interesting difference between my good friend — OK, OK, I’ve never actually met him in real life! — Architectolder, who posts a lot of pictures concerning houses interiors and exteriors, and Alicia, the Courtyard Urbanist, whom I have previously mentioned. Each have differing …
Simo Häyhä: The White Death and His Mastery of Northern Warfare
Whether or not President Trump is able to acquire Greenland, there is the possibility of a conflict between China-Russia on one side, and the U.S. on the other, in order to control scarce resources. Today, Dave Cloft examines what that might look like from the eyes of a Winter Warfare Legend.
The Chinese Supply Chain Conundrum; Defeating China’s supply chain strategy
The realization of US dependency on China for critical supply chains has been slow in coming. And US free trade policies with China over the last 50+ years have made the US vulnerable to the interruption of supply chains
The progressive ‘urbanists’ just don’t quite understand things
I will admit to being something of a very amateur architecture aficionado; I love great looking homes, even though I’m in no position to afford one for our family. I follow people like Coby — “Working on creating better, more beautiful places to live in. Developer, Writer, Urbanist, Professor, Optimist. Check out my writing below!” …
The Political Agenda Behind Year-End ‘Economic Collapse’ Stories
The news stories at the end of the calendar year are different from the news stories the rest of the year. From mid-December through mid-January, there’s a different kind of article that fills the newspapers and floods our websites: the year-end summary.
Things I Voted For Volume I
As I look around at the end of 2025 and beginning of 2026, I gotta say I’m enjoying a lot. Of course the fact El Presidente de life Maduro is currently in federal prison awaiting trial for multiple charges is pleasing.
Inflation and Gen-Z
A few weeks ago, I asked a young woman in Leelanau County whether she and her husband planned to buy a home. She laughed bitterly: “Between interest rates and property taxes, we’ll never afford it.” When I suggested she was still young, she replied: “I’m 37. You boomers took all the money and slammed the door behind you on your way out.”
Some Final Screwed Up Posts From 2025
As a great year closes out, the last week brings some really strange views from our liberal friends.
Economic Illiteracy…On Full Display, by Dylan Allman
Wealth is created through entrepreneurial coordination under uncertainty, not hoarded as a static pile waiting to be reassigned. Social Security’s problem is not a shortage of billionaires to harvest but a political design that ignores time preference, demographics, and capital accumulation.
Spinning a 4.3% jump in economy; Like Fred Flintstone, the media is saying yabut, yabut boo-hoo-hoo
The American economy grew at an annual rate of 4.3% this summer amid tariffs and the deportation of illegal aliens. Growth was 3.8% in the spring.
The Secretary of Transportation Joins the Crackdown on Illegal Aliens
There is a federal role in ensuring the safety of our nation’s roads, most obviously because of the Constitutional dictate on “regulating interstate commerce,” and the federal funding of many highways.
Tax Season Will Be A Blockbuster: “Largest Tax Refund Season Of All Time”
President Trump: “Under these cuts, many families will be saving between $11,000 and $12,000 a year, and next spring is projected to be the largest tax refund season of all time, because of tariffs, along with the just passed one big, beautiful bill.”
Invest America Act Highlights the Political Divide in the US; Democrats no longer hide the fact that they are anti-capitalist
The ideological divide between Republicans and Democrats is greater in 2025 than it was immediately before the Civil War in 1860. The recently passed Invest America Act highlights the key ideological difference in a way few would have thought possible in the 20th century.
Affordability! Affordability! Affordability!
Young Americans, middle-aged Americans, heck, virtually all Americans have a right to be angry. The policies implemented locally, statewide and nationally these last 50 years have combined to cause the “affordability” problem we are currently facing.
DC’s Fake Poverty Line: 40.8 Million People. Real US Poverty Line: 178.5 Million People
Since DC jettisoned the gold standard and imposed fiat currency in 1971? The US dollar is down in value 87%.
Why Gas Prices Are Finally Dropping: The Real Factors Behind the Relief at the Pump
Lately, something unexpected has happened: gas prices have fallen sharply, reaching some of the lowest levels since 2021. And while politicians will happily claim credit for it, the truth has nothing to do with speeches, slogans, or campaign ads. What’s happening is straightforward: the world is drowning in oil.
Democrats Gin Up “Affordability” as Their New Winning Political Narrative; Don’t believe their lies
The Democrat-media complex has glommed onto a new narrative that joins the ranks of past cliches that they’ve tried to exploit for political purposes. Their new political narrative is “affordability.”
Michigan DNR: The Agency Working Overtime to Kill Hunting (And Calling It “Science”)
If your goal were to sabotage Michigan’s hunting tradition, hollow out rural economies, frustrate every sportsman in the state, you couldn’t design a better system than the one the Michigan DNR proudly operates today.