Volume XXI
Articles in this Volume

My Last Ride Across Ukraine, via Moldova & Transnistria
In 2017, I biked home from Armenia via Ukraine and Transnistria. That journey now fuels my Ride for Ukraine—a fundraiser for United24.

New Deals, Old Threats
Trump shifts on Ukraine, pledging Patriot systems and a Europe-funded plan, as GOP pivots, Russia escalates, and a U.S.-Ukraine drone deal emerges.

CPI Saw That Coming: Trump, Tariffs, and the Fed’s Tightrope
CPI rises amid tariff-driven inflation; Trump calls for rate cuts as economists warn of overheating and public disapproval grows.

Calculated Chaos: Hamas's War and Strategic Calculation
Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack was no outburst—it was a strategic, ideological bid to reclaim power, disrupt normalization, and redefine Palestinian resistance

Executive Order Weekly Report - Week of July 3, 2025
Green energy suffers another attack by the Trump administration, while Tariffs are extended yet again.