June 2012 Archive

Not on the Front Page: NYT’s David Sanger ‘Presumes’ We’re Conducting Covert Hostilities Against North Korea

By Philip Weiss: I’m confused by David Sanger, the New York Times correspondent and author of the important new book on Obama’s covert war policy. Sanger ...

Iran versus Israel: The Politics of Racism at the New York Times

By Michael McGehee: On page five of today’s New York edition of the New York Times is an article by Thomas Erdbrink entitled “Iran’s Vice President Makes Anti-Semitic ...

Our Mr. Brooks Was Born to Run

By Charles P. Pierce: Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo-op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks, enjoyed lying down on the fire escape outside the ...

Thomas Friedman Writes His Only Column Again

By Hamilton Nolan: Fabulously wealthy CEO whisperer and newspaper columnist Thomas Friedman is little more than a human-shaped random word generator programmed with the “Computers and ...

Your Wednesday New York Times Op-Ed Report

By Marie Burns: Today’s New York Times op-ed page is thin, especially in the print edition. In fact, the best stuff the op-ed page has to ...

Money, Power and Politics

By Ann Robertson And Bill Leumer: There has been much talk recently about the impact of money on politics, especially in the wake of the Citizens ...

Is “Purity” Really a Problem In Politics?

By Robin Marty: Reproductive rights continues to be flashpoint in this election cycle. On the one hand, critics are assailing reproductive health groups for being “too ...