The Fading Scent of the American Dream by CHARLES HUGH SMITH It’s been 10 years since I devoted a week to the theme of The Rot Within(September 17, 2007). Back in 2007, I listed 16 systemic […]
6 Key Questions about RussiaGate Guilt by association is insidious because it can’t be cleared in court. by CHARLES HUGH SMITH The claims that Russia meddled in the 2016 U.S. election are now known as RussiaGate, […]
The “News” Is Content-Free by CHARLES HUGH SMITH We’re “your” trustworthy news source, even though we’re all owned by six corporations or billionaires with political agendas. The “news” has loomed large in The News–a classic self-referential […]
If We Don’t Change the Way Money Is Created, Rising Inequality and Social Disorder Are Inevitable CHARLES HUGH SMITH Centrally issued money optimizes inequality, monopoly, cronyism, stagnation and systemic instability. Everyone who wants to reduce […]
What’s Killing the Middle Class? (Part 2) CHARLES HUGH SMITH The Powers That Be are perfectly fine with your transition to proletarian debt-serf. Yesterday (see part 1 here) we covered the usual suspects in the […]
The Left’s Descent to Fascism The Left is morally and fiscally bankrupt, devoid of coherent solutions, and corrupted by its embrace of the Corporatocracy. CHARLES HUGH SMITH History often surprises us with unexpected ironies. For […]
The U.S. and China: Why the Sudden Convergence on North Korea? CHARLES HUGH SMITH It was no coincidence that America’s 11-ton bunker-tunnel busting bomb was deployed in Afghanistan as tensions mount over North Korea’s nuclear […]
Forget ObamaCare, RyanCare, & any Future ReformCare–the Healthcare System Is Completely Broken It’s time to start planning for what we’ll do when the current healthcare system implodes. by CHARLES HUGH SMITH As with many other complex, […]
The Conflict Within The Deep State Just Broke Into Open Warfare by Charles Hugh-Smith The battle raging in the Deep State isn’t just a bureaucratic battle – it’s a war for the soul, identity and direction […]
Dear President Trump: If You Want to Lower Healthcare Costs and Stem the Opiate Death Spiral, Legalize Marijuana By: Charles Hugh Smith If there is anything the left and right, progressives and conservatives, and everyone […]
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