US military building new base near Gaza border to support post-war plan
The bulldozers are moving dirt. The tenders are issued for mobile structures and a control tower. The Pentagon is building a large military base on the Gaza border, and nobody in Washington can say, with any certainty, what it is for. The facility is going up near the Israeli community of Re’im, just outside the…
America’s economy has been breaking the people it is supposed to serve
From the 2008 financial collapse that wiped out trillions in household wealth to the mountain of student debt that crushes young borrowers before they can buy a home, the pattern is unmistakable. Public roads crumble. Hospitals close in rural counties. And the richest nation on Earth still cannot guarantee a doctor’s visit for every citizen.…
The oligarchy vs the oyster farmer: Maine’s Graham Platner takes on Susan Collins
Graham Platner runs a small business. He grows oysters in the cold, clean waters of Blue Hill Bay. He served in the military. He married a teacher. He is not rich. He is also the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate in Maine, and he is running a campaign built on a single, dangerous…
The pool of modern art lies still: David Hockney dead at 88
The bright blue water is empty now. David Hockney, who painted that water better than any man alive or dead, died Thursday at his home in London. He was 88. His publicist said nothing more. No cause. Just the fact. The man who turned swimming pools into poetry could not swim himself. That irony would…
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