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Newest Blog Entries:
Stanley McChrystal goes: After McChrystal | The Economist
In depth about the Afghanistan situationPosted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Revolution and Repression in America – Part 2
Important 2nd partPosted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
 Discovering The Truth In Time : ICH
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, June 30, 2010Truthdig – The Chinese Aren’t Coming – Robert Scheer
Posted by Michael Butler, Wednesday, June 30, 2010John Pilger: There Is a War on Journalism
clowns like CNN's Lara Logan, Fox's Geraldo Rivera and David Brooks at the NYT are shocked, shocked that journalist Michael Hastings in his Rolling Stone article on McCrystal would actually act like a journalist - mabPosted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Other Sources (2)
How Reagan began the destruction of the Middle Class; and a fabulous article by David Ray Griffin on the lack of any legal or moral justification for the Afghan war.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
NYT Op-Eds (4)
"Do we inflate the menace of Islamic jihad in order to justify the war in Afghanistan?" (Guest Blog); "A Supreme Court ruling may keep experts from better understanding America’s enemies" (Guest Op-Ed); "Can General Petraeus prove respect for the civilians? Can General Kagan prove respect for the military?" (Dowd); "Checked the Al-Quds stock index lately? What about the broader changes initiated in the West Bank under the leadership of Salam Fayyad, the Palestinian prime minister?" (Friedman)Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
NYT (6): National News
Kagan offers lots of personality, but few opinions; Roberts court "comes of age"; Supreme Court affirms McCain-Feingold soft money ban; Gulf spill no longer just local campaign issue; NYC Council may hold hearings on lack of diversity in Bloomberg's hiring; and Larry King calls it quits after 25 years.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
NYT (3): Foreign Affairs
Why are rich countries going back to '30s economics?; Israeli foreign minister rules out Palestinian state within 2 years; and China and U.S. bicker over sinking of S. Korean ship.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The declining opinion: Supreme Court justice terms should end before age clouds reason
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, June 30, 2010How to Solve Our Economic and Environmental Crises
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Wednesday, June 30, 2010Sticking the Public with the Bill for the Bankers’ Crisis | Naomi Klein
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, June 29, 2010Les Leopold: Why the Wall Street-BP Double Standard?
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, June 29, 2010Indebtedness after the financial crisis: World debt | The Economist
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, June 29, 2010Memories of Enron – The Daily Beast
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, June 29, 2010La Leva di Archimede (ENG): MEDICALLY CAUSED DEATH IN AMERICA
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, June 29, 2010Oliver Stone, Mark Weisbrot and Tariq Ali: Response to Attack From the New York Times’ Larry Rohter
the corporate media is going after South of the Border ..We spent hours with Rohter over the course of two days and gave him all the information he asked for, even though his hostility was clear from the outset. But he was determined to present his narrative of intrepid reporter exposing sloppy filmmaking. The result is a very dishonest attempt to discredit the film by portraying it as factually inaccurate - using false and misleading statements, out-of-context, selective quotations from interviews with the director and writers, and ad hominem attacks. The Times should apologize for having published it.I'm so glad I cancelled my subscription to the NYT years ago - mab .. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, June 29, 2010
NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (7)
"The Supreme Court’s ruling that state and local laws cannot restrict an individual’s right to bear arms puts too many lives at risk" (Editorial); "The court supported a law school’s refusal to recognize a Christian student group, but, unfortunately, it ignored the group’s discriminatory practice" (Editorial); "It is time for Albany to end the practice of prison gerrymandering, in which inmates are counted as 'residents' to inflate underpopulated election districts" (Editorial); "There was the Long Depression, then the Great Depression, and now we are in the early stages of a third depression. This one is primarily a failure of policy" (Krugman); "With no end to the employment crisis in sight, the U.S. desperately needs to enact an aggressive jobs-creation campaign" (Herbert); "In Afghanistan, the worse things get, the longer we will be staying there. Success is the only exit strategy" (Douthat); "The nomination of Elena Kagan may herald the end of a noble era on the Supreme Court" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, June 29, 2010
NYT (12): National News
As NYS prepares to use new voting machines, a lawsuit is filed over flaws; SCOTUS (i) strengthens 2nd Amendment; (ii) offers head-scratching ruling re tobacco, (iii) offers other decisions; "Labor" just can't get a break; Robert Byrd dies, and what that means for Dems; Obama reverses Bush space policy; Blago trial opens with wiretaps but no pizza; Bloomberg is not living up to "diversity" in staff; Online bullying becomes increasingly serious issue; and new books on geoengineering.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, June 29, 2010
NYT (5): Foreign Affairs
In Spain, Ireland and elsewhere, "austerity" measures come at a high price; Egyptian workers win rare concession from government; Australia's new PM shakes things up; and even at $12 million an hour, law enforcement for Toronto meetings gets it wrong.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, June 29, 2010
How to get Johnny to study: Surprising insights from the social sciences
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, June 29, 2010Endless war, a recipe for four-star arrogance
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, June 29, 2010The Political Path for Progressives in the Face of Rabid Right-Wing Resistance
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, June 29, 2010Robert Byrd Speech, March 19th, 2003, One Day Before the Iraq War
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Monday, June 28, 2010
