Mike Norman Economics

This does not bode well for a V-shaped recovery.CBS NewsFauci warns U.S. could see 100,000 new coronavirus cases per day Grace Segers

BackgrounderHistory does matter. With tectonic changes, reflected largely through a massive decline in Saudi influence, taking place within the ‘Muslim world’, a potent struggle for new dominance has already begun. The symbolic and actual battlefield is Libya, gateway to a big part of the Muslim world in Africa. While a number of countries—Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Russia, France—are involved directly and indirectly in the ‘Libyan saga’, Turkey’s involvement is not only deeper than all...

One side sees totalitarian repression, the other side sees commie sedition. Here are two representative views of opposing viewpoints that are wisely held in a deeply and bitterly divided US.View OneInternationalist 360ºIntelligence Leaks Reveal Just How Ready the Police State Is to Crack Down on Dissent Ranier SheaView Two Sic Semper Tyrannis For BLM and the Antifa Zoo the Union is the real enemy, not the Rebs. Col. W. Patrick Lang, US Army (ret.) At the Defense Intelligence...

Dr Adrian Zenz is said to be a leading researcher into "the Chinese atrocities against the Uighurs". I decided to check him out.Zenz is a fundamentalist Christian. Whilst religious affiliation does not discredit one, nevertheless the specific nature of his beliefs situate him (even as a German) on the most extreme right of the American evangelical wing bordering on lunacy and outright hysterical. Yet this individual is being used to ferment a global narrative concerning China, with total...

Inquiring minds would like to know. What was the president thinking of?MondoweissThe Bolton tragedy: How someone with such bad judgment and moral blindness got anywhere near the White HouseJames North

Liberalism and traditionalism clash in the US and this time, traditionalism wins.Common Dreams'Attacking the Very Foundations' of Church-State Separation, SCOTUS Delivers 'Seismic Shock' Ruling on Religious SchoolsAndrea Germanos is senior editor and a staff writer

This is what the US has come to?Ted Goddard's Political WireTrump Moves from ‘Sleepy Joe’ to ‘Senile Joe’AxiosBiden: Russia bounty issue shows Trump "doesn't seem to be cognitively aware of what's going on" Hans Nichols

The US electorate is shifting demographically, ideologically, and attitudinally. Some interesting numbers. It's looking like the "fourth turning" or "spiritual awakening" is going to be liberal rather than conservative (in US terms). Niskanen CenterThe GOP’s Gen Z Problem and Path Forward Kristie Eshelman

Online voting appears to be effective. It's the future.TASS Final voter turnout at online voting on constitutional amendments in Russia exceeds 93%

Liberalism and traditionalism clash in Turkey.Defend Democracy PressUNESCO sent letter to Turkey regarding turning Hagia Sophia into a mosque