What Popes Do
On the letter from Minab, and why grieving Iranian parents wrote to an American pope by R Tamara de Silva There is a line…
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The substance behind the headlines.
What Popes Do
On the letter from Minab, and why grieving Iranian parents wrote to an American pope by R Tamara de Silva There is a line…
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On Friday, someone bet about $760 million that oil prices would fall. Twenty minutes later, Iran’s foreign minister announced that the Strait of Hormuz…
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Is the Oil Market Being Jawboned? The Story the Spot/Futures Spread May Be Trying to Tell
When governments talk, markets move. The question worth asking right now is whether the oil futures market is being deliberately talked down to prop…
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When Saying No Becomes a National Security Threat: The Anthropic Injunction and What It Means for Free Speech
When Saying No Becomes a National Security Threat: The Anthropic Injunction and What It Means for Free Speech The question at the center of…
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DOGE in Court: What the Headlines Missed
On January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order creating the Department of Government Efficiency. DOGE, as it became known, was not a…
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