Protecting the Petrodollar Empire

Few people realize that beneath many of the major geopolitical events of the past half-century lies a single, unspoken priority: preserving the U.S. dollar’s dominance in global energy trade. In late 2000, Saddam Hussein declared that Iraq would begin pricing its oil exports in euros instead of dollars. It was a direct challenge to...

The 7 Types of People You Should Not Help

We have this peculiar idea in our culture that helping is always right. From childhood we’re told: to be good, spiritual, loving—you must always say yes, always give, always be available. And if you hesitate—if you set a boundary—surely something is wrong with you. You must be selfish. You must be unkind. But what...