January 2012 Archive

David Brooks v. the 99 Percent

By Marie Burns: In his New York Times column today, David Brooks appeals to the “stupid, stinking masses.”

The Old Gray Lady Ain’t What She Used to Be

By Dana Mittenbacher: In the fall of 1997, at the bright-eyed and bushy-tailed age of 17, I started journalism school and learned the role of the news media in society, or so I thought. It went a bit like this...

A Romney Showdown: Krugman versus Brooks

By Andrew Leonard: Let no one say that the New York Times Op-Ed page isn’t a festival of diversity