February 2012 Archive

Some Bad Ideas Can’t Be Shot Down

By Darryl Li: Some ideas are so absurd that they reveal interesting things about the times in which we live. Take, for example, an opinion piece by Andrew ...

The People Party of Wall Street

By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship: A week or so ago, we read in The New York Times about what in the Gilded Age of the Roman Empire ...

Some Skepticism on Solar Thermal Power’s Storage Potential

By John Farrell: Earlier this month, New York Times reporter Matt Wald had a piece on the role of energy storage in supporting the expansion of renewable energy. However, ...

Loose Lips Sink Drones

By Peter Hart: Barack Obama did something yesterday that government leaders tend not to do: He talked bout the CIA drone war in Pakistan. This admission–which, it should ...

New York Times Reporter Finds a Story He Likes — Never Mind the Facts

By Steve M.: You might not be seeing a lot of evidence of this yet, but there’s a very strong likelihood that, as the year progresses, ...

God, Sex and the New York Times – The “Bizarre” Views of Ross Douthat

By Marie Burns: As I count them, the New York Times now has six conservative or moderately conservative columnists: Tom Friedman, Bill Keller, Joe Nocera, Frank ...

Journalist as Participant

When does a journalist stop being a citizen? Coverage of the Occupy Wall Street Movement and the Arab Spring have recently highlighted this ethical dilemma, ...