Winslow Wheeler: NYT Lies on F-35 Financial Sinkhole Unable to Perform

On March 12 the editorial board of the NY Times published “The Fighter Jet That’s Too Pricey to Fail.” (It is at https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/12/opinion/f-35-fighter-jet-cost.html.)   It s a pathetic piece of work: riddled with factual errors, foolish – but trendy – judgments, and a conclusion is poorly supported by its own text.   On Monday, March 15, …

Charles Hugh Smith: Health Care as Poster Child for US Financialization of Total Corruption Against the Public Interest

Covid Is Toppling America’s “Points of Failure” Dominoes 01 Physicians increase by 100% over 40 years while administrators increase by 3000%. 02 Physician salaries increase by 100% (keeping up with inflation) while administrator salaries increase by 3000%. 03 Wages  increase by 16% while GDP increases by 168% and national health expenditures increase by 818%. Phi …