February 2012 Archive

A Lubricant for Intervention: NYT Continues to Get It Wrong on Syria

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.

Chelsea Clinton for Congress? What Does That Tell Us About America?

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 ...

There Was No Bowles-Simpson Commission Report

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 ...

Egypt’s Ruling Military Council’s FB page Misquotes Thomas Friedman

By Zeinab El Gundy: Anonymous administrators of SCAF Facebook page respond in anger to NYT columnist Thomas Friedman’s latest pontifications on Egypt, but fail to get ...

“The Most Expensive Technological Failure of the Modern Age”

The Sunday, February 25, New York Times Opinion Page carries a pro-con debate on nuclear power. Here is our entry, published as the first reponse to ...