March 2012 Archive

Why Can’t the Middle East Be More Like the U.S.?

By Marie Burns: Tom Friedman, the New York Times columnist who specializes in the Middle East, has noticed U.S. Middle East policy is not working out all that well. He ...

The Unintended Consequences of Nick Kristof’s Anti-Sex Trafficking Crusade

By Aziza Ahmed: Campaigners need to see how their well-meaning efforts may actually make the very sex workers they seek to rescue less safe. New York Times columnist ...

NYT Mag’s Adam Davidson Hails ‘Trophy Nanny’ as 1% Status Symbol

By Yves Smith: In his role as the Lord Haw-Haw of yawning income disparity, Adam Davidson reports on the world of elite nannies in his latest New York ...

On the Passing of Novick: The Political Limitations of ‘The Holocaust in American Life’

By David Green: The deservedly esteemed historian Peter Novick died on February 17th, and his obituary appeared on March 13th in the New York Times [Peter Novick, Wrote ...

Why Not Get the Law and Politics Right in Iran?

By Richard Falk: In his important article in the New York Times, March 17, 2012, James Risen summarized the consensus of the intelligence community as concluding that Iran abandoned its program ...

A Poor Defense of Ed DeMarco

By Dean Baker: Gretchen Morgenson has done a lot of outstanding reporting on the financial industry over the last decade, however Sunday's defense of Ed DeMarco, the head of the Federal Housing Finance Authority falls wide of the mark...