October 2011 Archive

Julian Assange on The New York Times: Part 3

Special Fundraising Offer: Donate to receive a remastered version of this series. A multipart interview with WikiLeaks Editor Julian Assange focusing on his experience working with the ...

Will a Business With Profits of $1.1 Million Be Devastated by Another $5,000 in Taxes?

By Dean Baker: Apparently they would be, if we listen to the people interviewed in an NYTpiece about the impact of a surtax on incomes above $1 ...

Middle East propaganda 101

By Glenn Greenwald: When it comes to American propaganda about the Middle East, this New York Times article — detailing U.S. plans to bolster its influence in the region after ...

The Nonconspiratorial Worldview of Michael Gordon

By Peter Hart: In Wednesday’s New York Times (10/26/11), Michael Gordon wrote a piece headlined “Papers From Iraqi Archive Reveal Conspiratorial Mind-Set of Hussein,” about some Iraqi archives that give ...