November 2011 Archive

Why I Quit the Mainstream Media

By Natasha Lennard: Journalism must break the chains of objectivity and report truth — and the Occupy movement led me to do just that. I was in complete ...

The Violence That Never Happened: Occupy Wall Street and the Selective Outrage of the New York Times

By Kevin Young: In a middle-of-the-night raid involving hundreds of heavily-armed police officers, the New York Police Department on November 15 forcibly evicted the nonviolent protesters ...

David Brooks, Wall Street Populist

By Marie Burns: In his column in today’s New York Times, David Brooks lashes out at European elites. For a moment, that surprised me. If I had ...

How Is ‘College Grads Returning to the Nest’ Still Front Page News?

By Matt Kiebus: According to the New York Times our economy is struggling because 20-somethings aren’t moving out and furnishing their new apartments.

The NYT Disappears the Housing Bubble

By Dean Baker: Way back in 2008 much of the world sank into recession because housing bubbles in the United States, the UK, Ireland, Spain and ...

U.S. Empire to have ‘Sustained American Military Presence in Australia’ to Counter ‘Rising China’

By Michael McGehee: In yesterday's New York Times article by Jackie Calmes, "Eyeing China, U.S. Expands Military Ties to Australia," we learn how "President Obama and Prime Minister Julia Gillard of Australia announced plans on Wednesday for the first sustained American military presence in Australia, a relatively small deployment that is still a major symbol of American intentions to use regional alliances to counterbalance a rising China."