June 2012 Archive

Al Qaeda’s Best Friend

By Glenn Greenwald: An amazing Op-Ed in the NYT by a 23-year-old Yemeni explains that U.S. attacks are strengthening the Terrorists.

“Candor” Is Not a Synonym for “Self-Serving”

By Marie Burns: The winner of this week's New York Times op-ed page Phony Political Punditry Sweepstakes was clearly David Brooks, who on Tuesday argued that for our democracy to work Americans had to be better lemmings...

The New York Times goes to Zimbabwe

By Sean Jacobs/Anonymous: Lydia Polgreen’s recent NYT article “In Land’s Bounty, a Political Chip,” while a good introduction to one side of the indigenisation policies of ZANU-PF, is far too nice to the lead character, Savior Kasukuwere and lacks a serious analysis of the political situation in Zimbabwe today.

Kerrey On, My Wayward Son

By Charles P. Pierce: It’s nice to see the news from Nebraska that Bob Kerrey is still, for my money, the single most useless Democrat not currently ...

How Drones Help Al Qaeda – NYTimes.com

By Ibrahim Mothana: “DEAR OBAMA, when a U.S. drone missile kills a child in Yemen, the father will go to war with you, guaranteed. Nothing to ...