Notes in the Margin

The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of gross domestic product, crossing a once-unthinkable threshold, on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II.

"But the problem is bigger than any single commander in chief. The United States has left itself unprepared for modern war."

Biden's FBI "diligently attempted to use its enforcement authority against parents who defended their children’s safety at local school board meetings."

The latest rupture of the global energy map came Tuesday, when the United Arab Emirates said it would leave the Saudi-led OPEC.

The milestone comes as oil prices have surged higher over the past week amid a dual blockade by the United States and Iran of the Strait of Hormuz.

Alito wrote that “allowing race to play any part in government decisionmaking represents a departure from the constitutional rule that applies in almost every other context.” 

According to Tehran Times ... 1,460 of the victims were identified as civilians.

While April's reading was slightly improved from the preliminary reading, it remained the lowest in data back to 1978.

The yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note — the key benchmark for U.S. government borrowing — rose more than 3 basis points to 4.325%.

Perhaps Thiel will help build a surveillance state for for the Argentine regime similar to the illegal American spy state that Trump and Thiel wholeheartedly support.