POLITICAL SCANDAL · CAMPAIGN FINANCE · PUBLIC ETHICS
The bar in Split was loud, cheap, and open past reason. It was
2007, and Graham Platner was a Marine — twenty-something,
somewhere on the Adriatic coast with the night still young.
Someone had a design: a skull-and-crossbones. Military imagery,
they figured. Standard death. The kind on pirate flags and biker
jackets.
He sat down and got inked.
He didn't know — he says — that the design resembled the
Totenkopf. The "death's head" symbol worn by SS
concentration-camp guards. He covered it later, after someone
explained what the shape meant to other people…
The Mulberry Harbor Problem
MILITARY TECHNOLOGY · WARFARE STRATEGY
The article examines how the
Mulberry harbors’ logistical
innovation during D-Day
parallels Ukraine’s use of…
They Should Put Antibiotics in
the Water
Martha’s Vineyard faces rising
tick-borne diseases, including
alpha-gal syndrome, causing
severe allergies to red meat
and dairy.
ELECTIONS · AUTHORITARIANISM
Ruby Freeman, a Georgia
election worker, faced false
fraud accusations after 2020,
illustrating how political…
HOUSEHOLD SPENDING · INCOME INEQUALITY
Despite national economic
growth and job gains, many
households face rising costs…
The Moving Van and the Tax
Lawyer
Massachusetts’ 4 percent surtax
on income above $1 million has…
POLITICAL CORRUPTION · CRYPTOCURRENCY
Donald Trump’s family
reportedly earned over $800
million from crypto ventures in
early 2025, illustrating a new…
POLITICAL CORRUPTION · PRESIDENTIAL ETHICS
A Middle East kingdom offered
Donald Trump a $400 million
plane, raising constitutional,
security, and corruption…