July 28, 2020 | Astute News

What’s Changed to Cause the Gold and Silver Breakout?

July 28, 2020

Gold and silver had bang up weeks. Gold closed yesterday afternoon on a cash basis above $1900, at $1901.95 just $18 shy of the all-time high set in September 2011 at $1920. Silver, which has famously…

War Crimes and War Criminals: Who Will Be Held Accountable?

July 28, 2020

Opinion

There is something unique about how the United States manipulates the “terrorism” label to avoid being accused of carrying out war crimes. When an indigenous militia or an armed insurgency like the Ta…

Stress Test of a Straining Superpower

July 28, 2020

Opinion

How great a burden can even an unrivaled superpower carry before it buckles and breaks? We may be about to find out. Rome was the superpower of its time, ruling for centuries almost the entirety of wh…

UK in the Midst of a Full-Blown Existential Crisis

July 28, 2020

Opinion

Based on news reports and political commentary in the UK, at present, the country is experiencing a full-blown crisis, and it remains unclear how it plans to resolve it. The outcome of negotiations on…

Israel’s Jewish National Fund Is Uprooting Palestinians – Not Planting Trees

July 28, 2020

Opinion

The Jewish National Fund, established more than 100 years ago, is perhaps the most venerable of the international Zionist organisations. Its recent honorary patrons have included prime ministers, and …

Revisions on China: Abandoning the Nixon Legacy

July 28, 2020

Opinion

There is little doubt about it. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is the puffed-up hawk of the Trump administration, talons at the ready, beak protruding. While the president coos at the prospect of s…

Shifting Business Models of Higher Education

July 28, 2020

Opinion

I suspect some colleges and universities will go under in the wake of COVID 19, as they faced with bankruptcy and are having to deal with lower enrollments too. It might be a good time for military re…

Isabel Maxwell: Israel’s “Back Door” Into Silicon Valley

July 28, 2020

Opinion

This is Part II of the series “The Maxwell Family Business: Espionage” and focuses on Isabel Maxwell. Part I can be found here. By moving in “the same circles as her father” and vowing to “work only o…