Send us Fan Mail The fastest way to feel a war is not a headline, it’s the receipt at the pump and the total at the grocery store. We break down how the Strait of Hormuz closure turns geopolitics into a direct energy shock, why a drop in energy supply can translate into a brutal drop in GDP, and how “temporary disruption” becomes permanent pressure for working people trying to make the math work week to week. From there, we zoom out to the global board: China’s unusually active backchannel d...