Aug 25, 2026
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Republican trust collapsed to 8% — single digits — but independents landed at 27%. This stopped being a partisan story years ago.
Aug 24, 2026
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Normal is $20. The crack spread — the gap between crude oil and finished diesel — just settled in triple digits for the first time ever.
Aug 21, 2026
Most of that growth is coming from foreign-owned renewable energy companies locking up agricultural land for solar and wind projects — not the country dominating the headlines.
Aug 20, 2026
A third of it is paperwork errors. The NRF retracted its biggest claim. And as a share of sales, the jump is far smaller than the dollars suggest.
Aug 19, 2026
More than half gone in 13 years. Look at the chart: the gaps between each data point are getting bigger, not smaller.
Aug 18, 2026
Seven years ago it was $375 billion. CBO projects $2.1 trillion by 2036 — larger than Social Security's entire tab today.
Aug 14, 2026
Not 8%. Not 10%. Two percent a year. That is what history says to expect when stocks are priced where they are right now.
Aug 13, 2026
At 1.57 Births Per Woman — 25% Below Replacement — There Won't Be Enough Of Them.
Aug 12, 2026
Everyone will have the 3.4% figure by lunch. The number nobody mentions is 44-to-3 — and that one tells you whether the inflation fight is actually over.
Aug 11, 2026
The same plan cost $6,438 in 2000 — a 319% rise in 25 years. Overall inflation over the same stretch was about 85%.
Aug 7, 2026
2% of participants pulled money out early before COVID. Last year it was 6%. The savings gap is widening from both ends.
Aug 6, 2026
That ratio is the number that actually tells you who holds the cards when salary talks happen.