By Ed Kilgore: New York Times columnist David Brooks’ usual M.O. is to position himself as an immensely reasonable centrist who views political conflict from a great ...
By Marie Burns: In medieval times, areas known to be dangerous or uncharted were often labeled on maps with the warning: ‘Beware, here be dragons.’ – Thomas Friedman, New ...
By Sonya Hubbard: When the New York Times’ (NYT) and its president and former chief executive, Janet L. Robinson, announced a few months ago that Robinson would step down at ...
By Joan Walsh: But we do need good political reporting, and the media’s rote repetition of Santorum’s JFK lies fell short New York Times public editor Arthur ...
By Marie Burns: As a public service, Joe Nocera has devoted his New York Times column today to inform his readers “How to Frack Responsibly.” What could possibly be wrong ...
By Michael McGehee: When I came across today’s New York Times article, “A Call for Beijing to Loosen Its Grip on the Economic Reins,” in the ...
By Liz Shulman: “If you have a respectable mustache and believable shoes, people will take you for an Arab even if your parents are from Poland,” ...
By Michael McGehee: Vijay Prashad, author of the upcoming book Arab Spring, Libyan Winter, told Democracy Now! that "the nature of the NATO intervention" in Libya was "the use of human rights as a lubricant for intervention." This is nothing new. This was the same nature of the faux-humanitarianism advanced in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq. And is being pushed in regards to Syria as we speak.
By Steven Strauss: Recently, the New York Times (NYT) praised Chelsea Clinton’s current successes and commitment to public service. Ms. Clinton is the daughter of current U.S. Secretary ...
By Dean Baker: he New York Times badly misled readers by repeatedly referring to a report of the deficit reduction commission led by former Senator Alan ...
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