POTUS Donald Trump’s SOTU 2026 was the usual kabuki theater, aimed at scoring cheap partisan zingers on immigration while ignoring major issues like the Epstein Files, minimizing a possibly imminent attack on Iran, and misrepresenting last week’s SCOTUS ruling on tariffs.
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
The Work-From-Home Wage Premium
Why do work-from-home employees make more than in-office peers? Worker-boss relations don’t always hew to formalities.
In Praise of the Lunch Ladies Who Can Save Us from the Great American Food System
The Great American Food System™ is productive when measured by output, but it is not particularly good at producing wholesome and healthy food for the American people. The nature of healthy food has been argued for the past sixty years, with various food plates, pyramids, and other arrays used to illustrate recommendations of the day. […]
Senate Democrats to Introduce Bill to Limit Private Equity and Big Investor Ownership of Single Family Homes
On of Trump affordability ideas, of limits on big investor ownership of single family homes, is moving forward even though it won’t do much.
How Africa Keeps Losing Despite China v. West Race for Minerals
Africa supplies the minerals for the tech boom – but how it winds up losing out on the gains
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – America’s Coming Suez Moment
In 1956, Britain’s Suez campaign collapsed not because its forces were defeated, but because sterling could not withstand financial pressure. The episode revealed a structural truth: military capability is subordinate to monetary autonomy. Today the United States is not Britain under Bretton Woods, but it faces expanding global commitments alongside rising debt, elevated interest costs, and industrial constraints. This article examines how financial markets, rather than battlefields, may ultimately define the limits of American power. A single geopolitical shock is manageable. A sequence of them may not be. History may not repeat—but it can rhyme.
Republicans Scheming to Preserve Trump Tariffs Even After They Create Fewer Manufacturing Jobs
Trump and his GOP allies still heart tariffs despite failures, such as 2025 net manufacturing job growth ofless than half the year before.
Russia Just Denied Claims It Is Planning to Break the US’ Oil Blockade of Cuba, Albeit Only Partially
The US’ suspension of tariffs on countries that provide Cuba with oil (h/t SCOTUS) may, however, provide a window of opportunity to get oil to the island. But which country will take the risk?
Iran War Watch: Trump Dithers
Trump looks even more caught than ever on the horns of his Iran war dilemma.
Ruling for the Rich: Evidence of a Pro-Wealthy Bias on the US Supreme Court
Quelle surprise! The Supreme Court hearts the rich!
Coffee Break: Local Protests Against Data Centers, Surveillance Uniting Broad Political Spectrum
Local protests against data centers and Flock camera surveillance are coming from both sides of the political spectrum.
Trump Pledges Hospital Boat for Greenland—Which, Unlike US, Has ‘Free and Equal Access to Health for All’
“We have a public health service where treatment is free for citizens… It is not like that in the USA, where it costs money to go to the doctor.”
