December 2012 Archive

Bin Laden Assassination, In the Defense of Freedom?

By Stephen Roblin: Frank Bruni's review of “Zero Dark Thirty,” Hollywood's version of Washington's criminal assassination of Bin Laden, is a reminder of the limits of criticism that the mainstream ...

Paul Krugman Discovers Marx (and Misses the Point)

By Ann Robertson and Bill Leumer: In his recent New York Times op-ed piece, Princeton professor and regular columnist for The New York Times, Paul Krugman observed...

Nicholas Kristof Bravely Urges Congress to Cut Supplemental Security for Children with Severe Disabilities

By Shawn Fremstad: In Sunday’s New York Times, Nicholas Kristof tells us that he hopes “budget negotiations in Washington may offer us a chance to take money from SSI [Supplemental ...

Semi-Coherent New York Times Reports International Test Scores!

By Bob Somerby: Fumbling reporter works to Keep Script Alive: It seems like only yesterday! It seems like we were discussing the way mainstream journalists knock American ...