April 2012 Archive

Farewell Gastro-Porn: Is the Foodie Frenzy Finally Fizzling Out?

By Alexander Cockburn: This has been a bad year for grand restaurants in the three- to four-star range and the clang of their closing doors raises ...

How the NY Times Got It Wrong on the FDA’s New Antibiotics Rules

By Tom Philpott: A casual reader taking in my account and the New York Times’ account of yesterday’s big FDA antibiotics announcement might have thought we were reacting to different events. ...

‘NYT Book Review’ Gives ‘Crisis of Zionism’ To Zionist With Predictable Result, A Slam

By Philip Weiss: Your Israel lobby at work. The New York Times Book Review gives liberal Zionist Peter Beinart’s book, The Crisis of Zionism, to a centrist ...

Counting and Double-Counting In Medicare

By Dean Baker: Steve Rattner put his ignorance on public display again in a column in the NYT.  He told readers that counting the savings projected in Medicare ...