June 2012 Archive

Keller to Nuns: Get Out!

By Garry Wills: Former New York Times editor Bill Keller thinks it sounds shocking that he agrees with the Catholic conservative Bill Donohue, but he need not be disturbed.

Adam Davidson Strikes Again, Tells Us to Ignore Downer Data and Trust the Confidence Fairy

By Yves Smith: While Adam Davidson’s current New York Times column, “How to Make Jobs Disappear” refrains from blatant advocacy of the interests of the 1%...

Pro-Prop 8 Star Witness David Blankenhorn Now Comes Out For Marriage Equality

By Pam Spaulding: I can only imagine the agita that Brian Brown and Maggie Gallagher of the National Organization for Marriage must be having right now. ...

‘NYT’ Op-Ed Says Denial Of Statehood Makes Militant Palestinian Confrontation Inevitable

By Philip Weiss: There is a very smart piece in the New York Times by Nathan Thrall of the International Crisis Group explaining how bleak the status quo ...