June 2012 Archive

In Syria, Foreign Intervention Will Only Shed More Blood

By Seumas Milne: The US and its Gulf allies are already fuelling sectarian conflict in their proxy war with Iran. The fallout could be disastrous...

Of Sex, Love and the Inquisition

By Marie Burns: In its latest salvo against American nuns, the Roman Inquisition – now formerly cloaked in the anodyne name Congregation for the Doctrine of ...

When Watchdog Meets Lapdog: The Times’s Kill List Story Should Be Followed Up On The Ground

By Michael Massing: The New York Times’s report last week on the Obama administration’s secret “kill list” of Al Qaeda suspects and the president’s personal involvement in managing ...

The Gatekeeper: Part 2 of 4

The New York Times can credibly be considered the most influential newspaper in the United States, and arguably the world.

As U.S. Escalates Pakistan Drone Strikes, Expansive “Kill List” Stirs Fears of Worse Civilian Toll

By Amy Goodman and Chris Woods: At least 27 people have been killed in three consecutive days of U.S. drone strikes inside Pakistan.

NYT: How Can We Be No. 1 if Pentagon Budget Is Cut by 1/12th?

By Peter Hart: Part of the 2011 Congressional debt reduction deal called for automatic cuts to social spending and military budgets over the next 10 years. ...