NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (4)

"A federal appeals court struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage, bringing this nation a step closer to full equality and fairness" (Editorial); "On popular Web sites, misinformation about antipiracy legislation amounted to an abuse of trust and a misuse of power" (Guest Op-Ed); "Observing democratic awakenings in places like Egypt, Syria and Russia puts a glow in your heart and a pit in your stomach" (Friedman); "Ending Iran’s influence in Syria would transform the Middle East" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, February 8, 2012

FOCUS | Facebook Is Using You

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, February 6, 2012

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (10)

"Three major legal cases may influence the 2012 election, but the cases also illustrate how politics shape the Supreme Court" (Editorial); "Whether Barack Obama wins or loses in November, the Democratic Party’s attention will immediately turn to 2016" (Guest Op-Ed); "Whether you can obtain a job, credit or insurance can be based on your digital doppelgänger — and you may never know why you’ve been turned down" (Guest Op-Ed); "Anyone entertaining such dreams of the Internet as a refuge for the bohemian, the hedonistic and the idiosyncratic probably didn’t know the reasons behind the disappearance of the original flâneur" (Guest Op-Ed); "How do the laws and mores of different nations manage, if at all, the multinational companies that now govern our digital lives?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Romney’s Mormon faith is too central to his biography and identity to be swept to the side" (Bruni); "Web tools can turn the world upside down. Change.org has empowered ordinary people to close down homophobic 'clinics' in Ecuador, shine a light on sex trafficking, and force banks to drop fees" (Kristof); "Vladimir Putin has been unable to make the political, economic and educational changes needed to make Russia a modern European state. Will he step up?" (Friedman); "Can Callista transform Newt so that he can transform her into the First Third Lady?" (Dowd); "Half of the country wants to restrict or end abortion, but you wouldn’t know that from the coverage of the Planned Parenthood-Komen controversy" (Douthat)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, February 5, 2012

CNN.com (1)

The TSA is not just airports anymore...DHS comes to rail and subways.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 29, 2012

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (10)

"The system for reviewing presidential appointments is broken. Changing the rule is a risky course, but it is the only way to get the nation’s work done" (Editorial); "A student movement led by Camila Vallejo and centered on reforming Chile’s educational system is upending the society" (Guest Op-Ed); "Millions of children take drugs to help them pay attention — but do they really help?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Focusing on public expectations of privacy means that our rights change when technology does" (Guest Op-Ed); "While Cynthia Nixon’s critics have good reason to worry about how her words will be construed, they have no right to demand silence and conformity from her" (Bruni); "Would it be ethical to produce, or take, a drug that makes us more likely to help others?" (Guest Op-Ed); "What is it about runways that brings out the fire in our cool president?" (Dowd); "There is a big gap in how C.E.O.’s and political leaders look at the world" (Friedman); "The power of the state can crowd out other forms of community" (Douthat); "Religious people are more likely to donate to charity" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 29, 2012

NYT (6): National News

Did Occupy Oakland initiate the violence this time?; How "deep" will DC allow Schneiderman & Co. to get?; New report shows much less natural gas than originally thought; Which is slower, the post office or a FOIA request?; Barnes & Noble hangs on for dear life; The privacy dangers of social networking.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 29, 2012

NYT (8): National News

Schneiderman & Co. get right to work issuing subpoenas; Was victory over SOPA/PIPA the result of "Lobbying 2.0?"; Economy grew faster than expected; Waning subsidies for wind and solar; Comparing pot to alcohol, CO hopes to pass relaxed regs on former; As Bloomberg deals with firestorm over anti-Muslim film, the sordid history of the NYPD vs. the facts; RI teen dealing with backlash over successful lawsuit against prayer posted in school.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, January 28, 2012

NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (4)

"President Obama has promised a full inquiry into the mortgage meltdown. Could this finally lead to clear results that hold those who broke the law accountable?" (Editorial); "The Supreme Court was correct to rule that placing an electronic surveillance on a suspect’s car violates privacy rights, but it left too many questions unanswered" (Editorial); "Evangelical concerns about Mitt Romney’s faith ultimately say more about the insecurities of the establishment denominations than about Mormonism itself" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Supreme Court’s decision to give a death-row inmate another chance presents a puzzle for anyone who witnessed the sharp right turn the Roberts court took during the 2006-2007 term" (Greenhouse)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, January 26, 2012

NYT (4): Int’l Affairs

Google may have to change their motto ("Do no evil") in wake of new "privacy" policy; Clashes between Tibetans and Chinese forces increase; Libyan interim gov't forces lose town to Qaddafi loyalists; Is new prez of Brazil taking the country backward on the environment?
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Public Integrity

Posted by Michael Hamilton, Tuesday, January 24, 2012

NYT (4): National News

SCOTUS says GPS use by police violated privacy rights; Giffords will leave House; As "right-to-work" "line of scrimmage" develops at Superbowl, unions face yet another problem: lockouts.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 23, 2012

NYT (5): National News

DHS hired contractor to monitor social media re reaction to Guantanamo plan; "Anonymous" targets media execs; Obama asks GOP for power to shrink gov't; Many Latinos reject Census categories; With eye on mayoralty, Quinn offers living wage bill.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, January 14, 2012

NYT (7): National News

GOP candidates talk "limited government"...except for the president; Court upholds immunity for telecomms in surveillance - but not for government; Judge blocks CA fuel regulation law; Economics causing come cities to turn off lights at night; Judge says SEC misled two courts in Citigroup case; Verizon has a Netflix moment; NYC traffic deaths at 100-year low.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, December 30, 2011

FOCUS: The New Cyber-Industrial Complex Spying on Us

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, December 5, 2011

NYT Editorials, Op-Eds, Letters (5)

"The government is trying to limit the force of the Privacy Act, which would allow agencies to act improperly with impunity" (Editorial); "The potential for trading on insider information from the halls of Congress is undeniable and needs to be policed" (Editorial); "Gingrich says poor children do not have working parents as role models. He couldn’t be more wrong" (Blow); "Who knew that these days the little red schoolhouse is somewhere in the ether" (Collins); "From J.F.K.'s Grandson" (Letter)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, December 3, 2011

NYT (13): National News

Blacks hit hardest by lack of public sector jobs; Increase in "near poor" means increase in line for free school lunches; Support for TP is waning; Barney Frank will retire; Cain may throw in the towel; Judge rejects settlement agreement b/w SEC and Citigroup; Suit to void NYS marriage act can go forward; SCOTUS to hear fairness in sentencing re crack vs. powder cocaine; FTC settles privacy issue with Facebook; NY City Council to sue Bloomberg over noxious rule re homeless; Jackson doctor gets four years; Ken Russell dies.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, November 30, 2011

FOCUS | Julian Assange: Internet Has Become ‘Surveillance Machine’

Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, November 29, 2011

NYT Op-Eds & Letters (10)

"This presidential race is shaping up to be an especially mendacious ride, and not just because the two Republicans currently in the lead have demonstrated a formidable talent for improvisation" (Bruni); "President Obama came into office with expectations that Superman couldn’t have met. Let’s remember his accomplishments and keep some perspective at election time" (Kristof); "President Obama’s formidable organizing network will do its best to see he prevails in key states" (Guest Op-Ed); "A recent outpouring of philanthropy has produced a new breed of philanthropist: the policy-making billionaire" (Guest Op-Ed); "The ethnic conflict in the West Bank is metastasizing into Israel, threatening its democracy and unraveling its society" (Guest Op-Ed); "Millions of people are starving unnecessarily in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. The world knows how to prevent drought-induced famine. So why doesn’t it?" (Guest Op-Ed); "As the fighting continues in Egypt and Syria, crucial questions are raised" (Friedman); "The myths of the Kennedy presidency are resurrected again with Stephen King’s new novel" (Douthat); "Readers respond to recent columns" (Letters re OWS); "Anonymity and Incivility on the Internet" (Letters)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 27, 2011

Was DSK framed? Great article in today’s FT

Posted by Alexander Harper, Saturday, November 26, 2011

NYT (7): Foreign Affairs

Protests, and violence, continue in Egypt as populace joins Islamists against military; Syria may be perilously close to civil war; Libyans capture Qaddafi's last fugitive son; Afghanistan's ongoing plan for national biometrics; A book on "the unmaking of Israel"; A book on WWII from the perspective of those who fought it; and a book on Hitler as seen through the eyes of Eva Braun.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 20, 2011

NYT Editorial, Op-Eds, Letters (8)

"Washington must press the army to stop meddling and commit to a free and fair vote, which is scheduled to begin in a few weeks" (Editorial); "President Obama and leaders of Congress don't seem to be addressing Occupy Wall Street's concerns. Why?" (Debate); "The Supreme Court will explore the permissible limits of government watchfulness over our daily lives" (Greenhouse); "A public funding system would stop the influence of big money in politics" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Constitution supports the mandate to buy health insurance" (Guest Op-Ed); "This week the ever-unpopular House passed a bill that requires states with strict gun laws to honor weaker ones from other states. What’s a few concealed weapons between friends?" (Collins); "Brazil’s agribusiness interests are pushing for a law that would condemn vast areas of the Amazon rainforest to extermination" (Guest Op-Ed); "Occupy Wall Street: The Next Chapter" (Letters)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, November 17, 2011

NYT (13): National News

XL pipeline decision to be delayed until after 2012 elections; Voters defeat a host of GOP-backed measures nationwide; AZ recall election defeats anti-immigration zealot; Democrat wins in pivotal L.I. election; Fed appeals judge upholds health law; SCOTUS casts wary eye on "Orwellian" GPS technology; How spending on political ads is creating media merger frenzy; Both sides hate new plan for offshore drilling; IOM panel unhappy with current digitization of medical records; Coca-Cola single-handedly stops environmental bill for Grand Canyon; Not surprisingly, Cain lawyers use smear campaigns to blame the victims of sexual harassment; Perry's "oops" moment at debate may sink his candidacy; First test of National Emergency System not exactly flawless.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, November 10, 2011

NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (13)

"Evoking a squalid past, Alabama challenges the Department of Justice’s authority to investigate whether the state’s new immigration law has brought civil rights abuses" (Editorial); "Without a warrant, the use of tracking technology can be an unreasonable search, with no guarantee that it won’t be broadly abused in the future" (Editorial); "Low voter turnout has pushed our politics toward increased polarization" (Guest Op-Ed); "Is the WikiLeaks movement, which changed the face of journalism and the entire informational ecosystem, going to go away? (Guest Op-Ed); "Many believe America’s shadow war with Iran is about to ramp up dramatically" (Guest Op-Ed); "The new embattled partisan environment allows conservatives to pit taxpayers against tax consumers" (Guest Op-Ed); "When economists tackle small problems, they lose any vision about what the economic system should look like" (Guest Op-Ed); "These conservative and liberal plans for cutting health care spending are dead ends" (Guest Op-Ed); "If ever you needed an example of how easily, spuriously or conveniently we gin up our outrage, last week was it" (Bruni); "The ruling class proves, again, that it is too smart for its own good" (Douthat); "Andrew Carnegie’s legendary library-building has been surpassed, in some respects, by an American you’ve probably never heard of. This is his story" (Kristof); "Native sons have gone from working for Western companies to running Indian companies that are offering solutions to India’s problems" (Friedman); "Examining the death tolls from history’s wars and revolts, and their accompanying scourges" (Guest Op-Chart)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 6, 2011

NYT (8): Foreign Affairs

Global protests against financial industry; U.S. sending armed "advisors" to Uganda; Egypt's military expands power, raising alarms; U.N. official calls for int'l support for Syrian people; Is U.S. being hypocritical re accusation against Iran?; Japanese citizens find "hot spots" all over Tokyo; Germans condemn outrageous gov't spyware; Britain to re-open Litvinenko poisoning case.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, October 15, 2011

AlterNet (1)

How biometric surveillance is creeping into the workplace.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, October 1, 2011