You can get a really good idea how the U.S. economy is doing by watching restaurants in your area. Americans under the age of 40 love to eat out, but these days most of them are experiencing financial stress, and this is having an enormous impact on the restaurant industry.
Just in time for November's presidential election, federal agencies are reportedly restarting their censorship collaboration with tech and internet giants to stop 'disinformation' - in other words anything critical of the Biden administration.
In what world does it make sense for the president of the United States, 143 countries in the United Nations, and American schoolchildren to take the side of proven terrorists against the country trying to defend itself against those terrorists?
Diplomatic shockwaves have been traveling between Washington and Jerusalem in the aftermath of a paused weapons shipment that was due to arrive in Israel last week.
In recent years we have literally seen millions of Americans relocate from blue states to red states. In some cases, there is simply a desire to be around other like-minded people. In other cases, specific political policies that have been enacted in certain states have motivated large numbers of people to relocate.
The IMF has recently noted the signs of global slowdown but, as usual, they argue that a "soft landing" is imminent. In other words, they claim there will be no serious repercussions for the economy. They do mention one interesting caveat in their analysis - The danger of global conflicts "derailing" the supposed recovery.