Here’s my prediction for 2025: prices will rise and purchasing power will fall. The national debt will continue to skyrocket. The central bank will then force down interest rates—by printing money—to facilitate trillions more in borrowing for the federal government. There will be no cut to federal spending. Taxes will go up, either through tariffs or some other tax. Meanwhile, the “inflation tax” will impose a growing burden on ordinary people. The United States will be funding and supporting militarism and war across the globe.

But how do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values . . .? — Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, “The Challenge of Central Banking in a Democratic Society,” December 5, 1996

Enough Already by Scott Horton is a must-read for anyone who wants to know the truth about US foreign policy in the Middle East for the last 35 years. Horton starts his exposé with the 9/11 tragedy, and then details all the terror wars up until today. Among all the facts and figures, Horton teaches ten important lessons. Each chapter focuses on a specific country, but these lessons are woven throughout each.

One of the hot topics of the 2024 presidential election is the use of what Republicans have called “lawfare” by the Democrats, using the law—and especially criminal law—to go after political opponents by using the system to charge them with questionable crimes. I myself have denounced it here and here.