June 2012 Archive

Tom Friedman — Thinking All the Time

By Marie Burns: I cannot tell you how difficult it is to be a New York Times columnist. Luckily, Tom Friedman can: When you write a column ...

Germans Flunk Economics 101

By Dean Baker: Hans-Werner Sinn, the president of the Ifo Institute and the director of the Center for Economic Studies at the University of Munich, compellingly argued ...

Our Mr. Brooks Leads Us Home

By Charles P. Pierce: Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned by New York Times columnist David Brooks for the purposes of the occasional photo-op, waited patiently ...

Bob Kerrey, Yet Another Great Moderate Hope

By Alex Pareene: Matt Bai and the dream of a Senate once again ruled by wise old men.

Leaking War

By Peter Van Buren: White is black and down is up. Leaks that favor the president are shoveled out regardless of national security, while national security is twisted to pummel leaks that do not favor him.

Feinstein Says She Talked to Sanger Before Stuxnet Story

By Philip Weiss: At the beginning of the month the New York Times’ David Sanger reported that Obama had ramped up a cyberwar against the Iranians, approving attacks ...

Three Groups Unite Struggles for Racial Justice and LGBT Rights

By Rinku Sen: It’s pride season, and we are experiencing breakthroughs at the place where racial justice and LGBT rights meet. Last month, the NAACP formally ...

The Stock Bubble Created the Budget Surplus: Not Bill Clinton’s Tax and Spending Policies

By Dean Baker: Bruce Bartlett is a decent person and an honest economist. A former Reagan and Bush I administration official, he now regularly berates Republican ...