June 2012 Archive

Letter to Public Editor Re: “National Secrets and National Security”

By Beth Jacobs: After reading the New York Times article “National Secrets National Security” by Arthur S. Brisbane, I decided to submit a letter to the author...

Collapsing U.S. Credibility

By Glenn Greenwald: Two Op-Eds in The New York Times this morning both warn of the precipitous decline of American credibility on matters of human rights and peace ...

Dr. Edward Shadid’s Remarks on Anthony Shadid at ADC Convention

Anthony Shadid, the Middle East-based correspondent for the New York Times, was honored at the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee’s 2012 convention at the evening gala Saturday, ...

When it Comes to Syria There is No ‘Room for Debate’ at the New York Times

By Michael McGehee: On the New York Times website in the "Room for Debate" section of "The Opinion Pages" is a current debate titled "Would Russia Help Oust Assad?"

Anthony Shadid Said to Have Blamed Death on New York Times, NYT Replies

By Dylan Byers: Anthony Shadid, the Pulitzer prize-winning New York Times reporter who died in Syria this year, had heated arguments with his editors just prior to his final trip...

Time to Take off the Blinders about Obama Taking off the Gloves

By William K. Black: On June 13, 2011, the New York Times wrote an exasperated editorial entitled “Nearly a Year After Dodd-Frank.”  It began by warning that: Without strong leaders at ...

Grand Tradition: Obama Does it the Old-Fashioned Way in Honduras

By Chris Floyd: Overthrow the constitutionally elected democratic government. Install willing stooges, backed by local oligarchs, in its place. Send in your own troops to take ...

NYT Dares to Answer a Vital Question: ‘What does Adelson want?’

By Philip Weiss: There is a beautiful editorial in the New York Times yesterday called, "What Sheldon Adelson Wants."

NYT Discovers the Other Side of Spending Cuts

By Peter Hart: It’s been said (by me!) that the big spending cuts set to hit the federal budget next year–so-called “sequestration”–are not created equal, at least ...