In July 1944, 44 delegates from Allied countries came together during World War II in Bretton Wood, New Hampshire. The goal? Devise an international currency system to manage foreign exchange that would disadvantage no country and effectively facilitate post-war rebuilding and commerce. The outcome: The […]

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Thursday’s leak proclaiming a Manhattan grand jury had charged former President Donald Trump in a 30-something-count criminal indictment preempted nearly a week of important stories. Here are some of the most important underreported stories from the last five days.  1. House Weaponization Hearing On Thursday, […]

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Engaging in cynically self-serving partisan behavior to win elections sounds profoundly corrupt. Engaging in cynically self-serving partisan destructive behavior to “save democracy” … well, that sounds profoundly rational. And so it goes. “We find ourselves in a situation, where keeping gas prices low is key […]

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Gasoline prices will soar after the Democrats’ midterm shellacking. Why? Power. For many politicians, as well as parties, the point of power is power. Biden campaigned against American oil and gas, saying he would “end fossil fuels” with no more pipelines and “no more drilling […]

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