March 2012 Archive

The Times on Saving Israel & Hawks on Iran

By Eugene Schulman: In today’s New York Times we find two important articles. One on the Op-Ed page by Peter Beinart and the other in World by Eric Lichtblau and Mark Landler.

A Useful Idiot *

By Marie Burns: In today's column Keller reminds us that he still regrets supporting the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

NPR and NYT on Americans v. Afghans

By Glenn Greenwald: The New York Times conveyed important and exciting evidence of American progress in Afghanistan which I believe we can and should all find inspiring...

Oprah and Kristof: What Don’t They Have In Common?

By Kathryn Mathers: It remains intriguing to me how he became the spokesperson and even poster boy for a certain kind of development and humanitarian intervention.

Blind to the Elephant in the Room: Corporate Propaganda and Environmental Decline

By Michael McGehee: The New York Times ran a very interesting article last week on a study published online in the Journal of Personality and Social ...

Bloomberg’s Fear of Muslims Helped Drive the NYPD’s Shameless Spying

By Seth Freed Wessler: After months of radio silence, the New York Times editorial page on March 11 condemned the New York Police Department’s widespread and unchecked religious profiling of Muslims.

How Important Is It To The Times (And Us) That Greg Smith Is Jewish?

By Philip Weiss: Everyone is talking about Greg Smith’s smashing explanation of his resignation from Goldman, Sachs, as well they should be. A great moral document, it ...

A Toxic System

By Darwin Bond-Graham: Goldman Sachs employee Greg Smith’s very public resignation, replete with a pointed letter published in the New York Times [last Wednesday], has landed upon the investment ...