Posts by James G. Rickards

We all recall the discomfiture and stupidity of COVID mandates. The vaccines were never true vaccines. They were experimental gene-modification therapies that had lethal side effects covered up by government agencies. The masks were and are a sick joke. They don’t stop the virus and simply cause wearers to breathe recirculated CO2 that causes lethargy and…

I believe that we’re heading for another liquidity crisis or financial crisis. That doesn’t mean it’ll happen tomorrow, but there are disturbing signs that it might not be too far off. It doesn’t mean the world’s going to end. But investors who aren’t prepared could see large portions of their portfolios wiped out. It could…

In recent weeks, the Biden administration has finalized 37 new regulations and proposed 59 others. These rules include major policy changes such as caps on power plant emissions that will cause blackouts and brownouts and increase energy costs, as well as new EPA rules on heavy trucks designed to eliminate internal combustion engines and the…

In recent weeks, the news has offered wall-to-wall coverage of campus protests against Israel’s war on Hamas and in favor of Hamas terrorists and the Palestinians. These protests have occurred at Harvard, Columbia, Penn, George Washington University, USC, UCLA, and hundreds of other campuses. Many have been accompanied by violence, including attacking Jewish students, blocking…

On May 6, a rumor went viral on social media that there had been an assassination attempt on the life of Mohammed Bin Salman Al Saud (“MBS”), the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia and de facto ruler of the Kingdom. It seems that the rumor was fake news and that no assassination ever happened, although…

We’re all familiar with the term Lawfare by now. That’s a combination of Law and Warfare. It means using the law not for its intended purpose of resolving disputes and enforcing statutes but instead twisting it in unprecedented ways using novel and attenuated interpretations to paralyze and disable political opponents. Lawfare is part of the…

Americans who consider themselves moderate or conservative have been bombarded for the past ten years with a non-stop barrage of institutional changes and demands for “rights” that break with traditions and assault common sense. The list of radical causes is long and includes the climate change hoax, men competing in women’s sports, DEI mandates at…

In the broad sweep of political history, few names are more closely linked to the Democrat party than Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy was named by FDR as the first head of the SEC and later appointed ambassador to the UK. John F. Kennedy was a United States senator and later elected president of the United…

Readers have been so bombarded with news about Donald Trump’s legal problems that it’s not surprising many find it hard to keep it all straight. That’s assuming one is still paying attention. No one could be blamed for shutting it all out because of the ridiculousness and unfairness of the claims. There’s the “January 6th”…

The popular vote in the November 2024 presidential election between Biden and Trump may be close. In fact, Biden is likely to win that vote, especially considering that Biden may outpoll Trump by 6 million or more votes just in the state of California. Fortunately, it doesn’t matter. We don’t elect presidents by the popular…