26 October 2026
Fissures
The largest country in South America came within two points of firing the man it had. Then it rehired him.
Avenues
26 October 2026
Tectonic Shifts: The Way the World Used To Turn
History has a shape. A decision lifted above the nation becomes a life the nation cannot appeal.
26 October 2026
Trading On South America? Hey Now. What Now?
It is Monday. Whit has the fissures. Last night's shopping list has already expired.
São Paulo is open. New York's bell is this morning. Brazil rehired Lula. The shopping list was a mood.
Sidelines · 25 October 2026
Sunday Is For Jesus And Football
Sunday is for Jesus and football. In that order. We do not skip church for home games.
13 October 2026
How Far Will They Go
My wife has the mums out. I am polishing the guns. Whit is not helping.
Estranged friends, a different future, and grilled venison for Christmas Day.
12 October 2026
Not Just Election Year Jitters
The country is in a civil war that has not started shooting. People who want no borders and no nations are paying for the marches.
12 October 2026
O Sports, Wherefore Art Thou?
Ok. Yeah, I admit it. I am a sports guy. Big time. And I am losing interest in watching.
The competition is still there. The cameras, the props, the trades, and the fights are sitting on top of it.
Sidelines · 12 October 2026
So I Tried This Thing
So, I tried this thing. Making my own skincare with essential oils. I know. That came and went.
Sidelines · 21 September 2026
Good Luck Making It Home
They issued Iran the visa for the UN speech. Wednesday he talks — and then what? A bus to Canada?
21 September 2026
They Vote With the Truck
When government comes through the door, people notice. The tax base notices too.
Sidelines · 20 September 2026
First the Lettuce Was Going To Kill Me
Seriously? First the head of lettuce was going to kill me. Now it is just going to wipe out my bank account.
Sunday File · 20 September 2026
The Strait Gets the Headline. Joliet Moved the Number.
A record at the pump with a regional cause, a missile over Riyadh, a state visit with a published schedule, and a neighbour shopping for a new customer.
Diesel set an all-time national record this week. The explanation traveling with the number is the Strait of Hormuz. Part of that is real. It is not what moved this week.
20 September 2026
The Strait Is Their Problem
Ours is that we have not built a refinery since 1977.
Everyone is pointing at the strait. The strait is real. It is also four thousand miles away and not ours to open. The part that is ours is a building, and we have not built one in forty-nine years.
17 September 2026
A Rumor Is Not a Diagnosis
I remain a skeptic of the stroke. I am not a skeptic of the vacuum.
I do not know whether Xi Jinping had a stroke. I know a rumor about one man’s body was enough to make a market behave as if the second engine of the world had developed a cough.
Sidelines · 17 September 2026
They Are Afraid Of the News. We Are Annoyed At the Pump.
I am going to say the unkind thing, because it is sitting on the table.
Sunday File · 17 September 2026
Xi After BRICS: What Happened, Why the Stroke Claims Don’t Hold Up Yet, And What Actually Matters Next
The trip footage is a question. The stroke story is not the same thing.
Chinese President Xi Jinping left New Delhi on 13 September after the 18th BRICS summit and landed in Beijing that evening on the announced schedule. Within days the stroke rumors filled the gap.
14 September 2026
Resistance And Its Cost
Costume-play “Resistance” is a Saturday. The Founders left a country. The bill was real.
Sunday File · 14 September 2026
The Clip Is From August. The Deal Died In August.
No need to panic Monday’s open. Not yet.
I watched a siren go around Sunday. Deal of the century. Canada just zeroed farm tariffs. DJT on camera: duties “eviscerated. Down to zero.”
7–9 September 2026(posted 14 September 2026)
The Swarm Still Needs a Shed
The birds are cheap. The circus that launches them is not.
I do not sleep better because a general used the word “swarm.” I also refuse to pretend the sky over Charlotte is already full of someone else’s air force.
Sunday File · 21 January 2026(posted 14 September 2026)
He Asked For the Island. He Took the Door.
The clerk keeps the framework.
In mid-January, DJT put a price on eight European countries for standing with Denmark over Greenland. Ten percent in February. Twenty-five percent in June if there was no “complete and total purchase.” Troops had gone up there to show the flag. He answered with a tariff list: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, Britain, the Netherlands, Finland.
January 2026(posted September 2026)
The Oil And the Deputy
A defendant on a plane and a concession on a desk. Those are different kinds of founding.
13 September 2026
I Am Not a Conspiracy Theorist
I am a fence-sitter. I am not a conspiracy theorist.
I am a fence-sitter. I always see both sides of an issue. And I will say this: I am not a conspiracy theorist. I do not believe twelve men in a panelled room run the planet with a shared calendar and a preferred font for the New World Order letterhead.