May 2012 Archive

“The Conversation” — “A Fairy Tale”

By Marie Burns: Imagine a world in which all is right at the New York Times Editorial Department. David Brooks is in the New York office ...

How Obama Helped Authorize Shell’s Drilling the Arctic

By Pratap Chatterjee: President Barack Obama personally helped Shell obtain authorization to drill for oil in Alaska, according to a 4,678 word front page article in the ...

Separate and Unequal in Israel

By Stephen Lendman: On May 23, Yousef Munayyer headlined his New York Times op-ed “Not All Israeli Citizens are Equal,” saying: Residing in Lod, Israel, he’s an Arab citizen. ...

EdX Airways

By Ryan Craig: In the past few weeks the twin quasars of the New York Times opinion page — Thomas Friedman and David Brooks — have waxed poetic ...

The Law of the Sea Treaty Rises Again

By Charles P. Pierce: So, the New York Times has an interesting story yesterday about the rise from the depths once again of the Law of the Sea Treaty.

Not All Israeli Citizens Are Equal – NYTimes.com

By Yousef Munayyer: I’M a Palestinian who was born in the Israeli town of Lod, and thus I am an Israeli citizen. My wife is not; ...

New York Times Reporter Calls Out Administration for Bragging About Austerity

By David Dayen: It’s only on the New York Times’ blog...

Flame Retardants Could Affect our Bodies for Generations

By Tom Laskawy: It’s always nice when someone writes an article so you don’t have to. In this case it was New York Times columnist Nick Kristof, who ...