Harvey Wasn’t Just Bad Weather. It Was Bad City Planning | Peter Coy and Christopher Flavelle

A family in Katy, just west of Houston, floats on an inflatable mattress. PHOTOGRAPHER: PHILIP MONTGOMERY FOR BLOOMBERG BUSINESSWEEK Houston exulted in sprawling, hands-off growth. That’s no way to p ...

When the Butterfly Flaps Its Wings | James Howard Kunstler

Papilio machaon. By fesoj , via Wikimedia CommonsJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 28, 2017 It remains to be seen what the impact will be from Mother Nature putting the nation’s fourth-l ...

Controlled Demolition | James Howard Kunstler

The John Moulton Barn on Mormon Row at the base of the Grand Tetons, Wyoming. By Jon Sullivan, PD Photo. , via Wikimedia Commons James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 25, 2017 This is the we ...

Battle of the Behemoths | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 11, 2017 As the empire deliquesces into a fetid slurry of economic failure, we stand ankle deep in the rising swamp waters witnessing the futile battle ...

Just Wait a Little While | James Howard Kunstler

Ohio River. Photo: WCPOJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust Aug. 7, 2017 The trouble, of course, is that even after the Deep State (a.k.a. “The Swamp”) succeeds in quick-sanding President Trump, ...

The Value of Everything | James Howard Kunstler

"Liberty Leading the People" in a painting by Eugene Delacroix. Photo by: Wikimedia Commons/Musee du Louvre James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust July 24, 2017 We are looking more and more like F ...

Meow | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust July 21, 2017 For all his blunders and stumbles in his first half-year as President (cough cough), Donald Trump seems to have more lives than Schrödinger’s C ...

When the Deal Goes Down | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust June 30, 2017 Who needs Russia when the Tweety-Bird-in-Chief is hacking his own presidency into a global joke? Or at least it might be a ...

Trump, Russia and a Shadowy Business Partnership | Timothy L. O'Brien

Donald Trump (ABC News) An insider describes the Bayrock Group, its links to the Trump family and its mysterious access to funds. It isn't pretty. June 21, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- The special counsel’s i ...

Absent Without Leave | James Howard Kunstler

James Howard KunstlerJames Howard Kunstler -- World News Trust June 19, 2017 It ain’t bragging if it’s true. I’ve said repeatedly on this blog for years that the federal government would only become ...

Fed Raises Rates, Maintains Forecast for One More Hike | Christopher Condon

Central bank maintained outlook for one more increase in 2017 Policy makers set out details for shrinking the balance sheet June 14, 2017 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve officials forged ahead with an ...