Friday, August 14, 2026

From Massachusetts, some tax-the-rich inspiration

The super rich, worldwide, are regularly cowing their critics. Bay Staters have pounded back.

The worse the chaos that results, the sooner the eventual revulsion and turnaround

A too gullible population let itself be bamboozled.
The west front of the United States Capitol building

Congress leaves Washington without a healthcare deal as subsidy deadlines and FY2026 funding fight...

Lawmakers head into the new year with enhanced ACA tax credits already lapsed and a Jan. 30 government funding deadline still unresolved.

You can’t worship God and money

We must build the strength to make a theological and spiritual vision of everybody-in-nobody-out a reality and create the capacity, powered by faith, to make it so.

UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza

A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.

How Russia and China learned to love their border

Once one of the world’s most militarized frontiers, the Russia-China border along the Amur River Basin shows how a long-running territorial dispute can evolve from confrontation to integration.

Nine months into ceasefire, Israel expands control to nearly 70% of Gaza

Israeli forces have pushed west along a shifting 'yellow line' and a new 'orange zone,' squeezing 2 million Palestinians into a shrinking sliver of the territory.

Study finds AI data centers could consume as much water as basic needs of...

The study highlighted that evaluating AI solely by carbon emissions overlooks devastating localized impacts on water and land systems.

Third police officer sentenced to prison for framing black males

“These three police officers from Biscayne Park disgraced themselves and damaged the public’s trust in law enforcement."

Automatic draft registration undoes a victory decades in the making

Quiet mass resistance led Congress to end compulsory draft registration, but a plan for “automatic” registration threatens that victory.