Vioxx & Roll: How Big Pharma Turned Heart Attacks Into a Business Model

Once upon a time in the magical land of Shareholder Value, a pharmaceutical giant named Merck gazed deep into the void of human suffering and asked the question all noble drugmakers must ask: “How can we make arthritis treatment more profitable than oil?”

The Trump Children: A Tale of Good Parenting vs. Corrupt Political Dynasties—and Why Barron Trump Will Eclipse Elon Musk

The Trump family stands as a stark contrast to the stereotype of wealthy political dynasties that have long plagued America’s elite circles—families accused of leveraging their positions to siphon taxpayer money rather than earning their fortunes through ingenuity and grit

Accountability: Whatever Happened to Marie Yovanovich? The former US ambassador to Ukraine continues to escape accountability

There has been much public speculation on who might be the first major player to be called on the carpet for alleged crimes of sedition, conspiracy, obstruction, perjury, “mishandling” highly classified information, and other assorted transgressions committed during the Trump era.

Trade whores Can Canada survive a 19% drop in its GDP?

As you read or view media reports on Trump’s Trade Wars, bear in mind these facts. Mexico’s GDP is $1.8 trillion a year. Its exports to the United States are $506 billon a year. Exports to the USA make up 28% of its economy. Exports to Mexico make up less than 2% of our $27.7 …

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A DC Whodunit: Who added Goldberg?

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) might be the happiest man in Washington this week. Jeffrey Goldberg’s shocking exposé about his inexplicable inclusion in a Signal chat with 18 senior national security officials has completely overshadowed calls for Schumer to step down from his leadership role in the Democratic Party. Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The …

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