June 2012 Archive

David Brooks Manages the Euro-Crisis

By Marie Burns: In his New York Times column today, David Brooks laments “The Segmentation Century,” which he pegs as the cause of the current economic ...

Hacks and Hackers: Burns and Somaiya Help Pave the Path for Assange Extradition

By Chris Spannos: Britain’s Supreme Court decision allowing Sweden to extradite WikiLeaks' Editor Julian Assange could not have happened without mainstream media distortion and betrayal...

Should Latin America End the War on Drugs?

By Samir Chopra: Should it? That’s the question asked in yesterday’s ‘Room for Debate’ over at the New York Times. Well, depends...

NYT says Charles Taylor Conviction is ‘a watershed case for modern human rights law’

By Michael McGehee: On the front page of yesterday’s New York Times is a story about how former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years of ...

The Moral Challenge of ‘Kill Lists’

By Ray McGovern: In an extraordinary article in Tuesday’s New York Times, “Secret ‘Kill List’ Proves a Test of Obama’s Principles and Will,” authors Jo Becker and Scott Shane throw macabre light on the consigliere-cum-priestly role that counterterrorist adviser John Brennan provides President Barack Obama.