April 2012 Archive

Tail Has Stopped Wagging, So Dog Can Stop Talking About War With Iran

By Philip Weiss: The Israel/Iran story is suddenly exploding (as my friend Ilene Cohen puts it). The solid argument for war that Israel and its friends ...

Everybody Loves Ryan – The New York Times Joins the Tea Party

By Marie Burns: The front page of today’s New York Times features a biographical sketch of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), the Chairman of the House budget ...

Confronting Savage Growth

By Marty Hart-Landsberg: The media is full of stories about the ever more heated debate over the best way to reignite growth: austerity or deficit spending. Paul Krugman, ...

David Horowitz and the Art of Slander — An Analysis

By Lawrence Davidson: On 24 April 2012 the New York Times lent its editorial page to the propaganda of right- wing Zionist David Horowitz, thereby taking the "newspaper of record" down into the gutter for the price of a quarter-page advertisement.

The ‘Inherit Traditions’ of the ‘Free Press’ on Display at White House Correspondents Dinner

By Michael McGehee: As expected, the White House Correspondents Dinner was awful. It was the typical genuflecting, flag-sucking farce where various shades of celebrities show up ...

The FBI, Elaborate Entrapment and Hannah Arendt on Secret Police

By Samir Chopra: David Shipler writes in today’s New York Times about an interesting aspect of a series of ‘lethal terrorist plots’ that have been successfully interdicted by ...

“Oh No! Japan Is a Horror Story” — Ross Douthat

By Marie Burns: I truly wish New York Times columnist Ross Douthat would start reading the New York Times. Today our young savant likens the nation ...

Decoding David Brooks

By Marie Burns Today New York Times columnist David Brooks calls fellow Times columnist Paul Krugman illiterate and useless. If Brooks writes his own headlines, he ...

6 Burning Questions on the Wal-Mart Corruption Scandal

By Marcia L. Narine: A law professor and compliance consultant examines the scandal as a wake-up call for corruption and corporate culture. I’ve worked for many years ...

Austerity is Killing Europe

By Amitabh Pal: The austerity fetish of those making economic decisions is killing Europe’s economy. The last few days have provided further proof. “Spain officially slipped back into ...

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