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Six Films on the Financial Crisis – Bill Moyers
Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, February 3, 2012NYT (3): National News
Over 400 arrested in Occupy Oakland melee; With nod to Occupy movement, NYS looks to raise minimum wage; A new book by Zbigniew BrzezinskiPosted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 30, 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 (6): Foreign Affairs
Will Israel attack Iran?; In wake of growing violence, Arab League suspends monitoring in Syria; DC lobbyists drop Egypt as client; British hacking scandal continues, as 5 more are arrested, including a policeman; A book on two Muslim women "firebrands"; A book on how the Inquisition helped create the modern world.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 29, 2012
NYT (6): National News
Gingrich takes SC by wide margin; SOPA/PIPA fight is clash of media and generations; A new economic divide based on "mobility"; Obama to use SOTU to draw economic "line in the sand"; A book on how "scarcity will remake American politics"; A book on the lead-up to the KSM trial.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 22, 2012
FW: Golden Globe 2012 Warm Surprise : Iranian Movie Wins Golden Globe A
thanks G.R.G.Posted by Michael Butler, Friday, January 20, 2012
NYT (4): Foreign Affairs
Hacking scandal refuses to die, as cover-up is suspected; In search for spies, tough South Korean law is snaring innocents; New books on Himmler and Heydrich; A new book on whales, from slaughter to saving.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 8, 2012
Why Mr. Hardball Found JFK Elusive
MUST READ: If you are interested in JFK history this is far more than a review of inaccuracies it is a fascinating history lesson. He was a friend for whom i also worked. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Thursday, January 5, 2012
NYT (6): National News
Fracking once again implicated in quakes; Six economists look at 2012; After three decades, ethanol subsidies expire; Previews and predictions for NYC 2012; A new book on Roger Williams and "the creation of the American soul"; A new book on how five cold warriors banded together to ban the bomb.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 2, 2012
NYT (3): Foreign Affairs
Tens of thousands rally in Moscow; Loyalists fire on protesters in Yemen; A book on "philosophy, revolution and human rights 1750-1790."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, December 25, 2011
“Vietnam Ambush”: A Cautionary Tale
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, December 19, 2011NYT (8): National News
IL court reverses conviction of 19-year inmate; What's going on with the air in the Southwest?; A book on "debt" by the man at the forefront of the Occupy movement; A new book on William F. Buckley Jr.; New books by Bill Clinton and Condoleezza Rice; A new book on African American history by Henry Louis Gates Jr.; and a book on the 70s music scene at CBGB's et al.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, December 11, 2011
NYT (8): National News
Cain throws in the towel; "Building a Better Mitt Romney-Bot" (Magazine cover story); Mayors bridling at new gerrymandering; In BP lawsuit, it's lawyers vs. lawyers - on the same side; Mark Ruffalo, anti-fracking zealot; New memoirs by Judy Collins and Diane Keaton, and a new book on The Doors by Greil Marcus.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, December 4, 2011
NYT (6): National News
Although official unemployment number sinks to 8.6%, outlook for most jobless is still bleak; Seller's remorse is growing re fracking leases; Not surprisingly, "elderly" are largest portion of population ever; Craigslist ad used to lure three to their deaths; A new documentary on the oil industry, particularly BP.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, December 2, 2011
NYT (5): National News
Occupy Philly to be evicted; "The Dwindling Power of a College Degree"; Starting early, anti-Obama attack ads are hopelessly misleading; In CA, Brown refuses to give up on bullet train; Two new books on the KKK.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 27, 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
Catherine the Great’s Lessons for Despots – WSJ.com
This must be a great book. I am just finishing Cleopatra-another fascinating lady. Trashed, both of them, by many. mbPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, November 14, 2011
NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (11)
"Super PACs for individual candidates brazenly violate the law, but the practice is growing. The Justice Department should pursue criminal complaints" (Editorial); "There has been progress, but this remains a country where discrimination against gays is enshrined in most state constitutions" (Editorial); "To follow the [OWS] protests forward, The Times can start by looking back" (Brisbane); "As before in history, the moment has arrived when people just can’t take it anymore" (Guest Op-Ed); "Another bombing in a long series of cartoon-incited violence focused attention on why the sketches prompt such reactions" (Navasky); "Today’s ideal social form is not the commune or the movement or even the individual creator as such. It’s the small business" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Salt Lake City empire of corporate greed has little of its founder’s vision" (Bloom); "Recently discovered offshore energy reserves are spurring efforts to dominate the sea" (Guest Op-Ed); "The global movement against human trafficking is making progress. In Cambodia, I followed one of my heroes, Somaly Mam, in a raid on a brothel with under-age girls" (Kristof); "With potentates and candidates, rules and decorum fall by the wayside" (Bruni); "Clint Eastwood growls: Go ahead. Make my gay" (Dowd)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 13, 2011
NYT (8): National News
Sure, tax the millionaires - but tax the middle class, too; A group of nuns who are were doing OWS-type activism before the movement appeared; The Magazine article/interview with Herman Cain; The truth about Romney, Bain and those "turnarounds"; Judge rules against judge re child beating video; A new book on how law "corrupts the struggle for equality"; Kissinger reviews a new book on George Kennan; Stephen King's bizarre novel re JFK and 11/22/63.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 13, 2011
NYT (5): Foreign Affairs
Openly, trying to save the euro, but sotto voce, even those in power fear end of euro zone; Iraq levels major criticism against ExxonMobil; U.S. et al get first "up close and personal" view of Fukushima devastation; Why is one Israeli life worth 1,000 Palestinians? (Magazine cover story); A new book on an extraordinary group of women resisters in Occupied France.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 13, 2011
NYT (9): National News
Investigation into improprieties re XL pipeline likely to delay decision; Census Bureau tweaks data to show poverty not so bad; CA medical marijuana dispensaries hire lawyer to fight fed crackdown; Woman accuses Cain of groping; Court puts hold on graphic labels for cigarette packs; Doctor guilty in Jackson trial; How did Jerusalem get to SCOTUS?; Third person dies from NYC copter crash; New Clinton book is "assist" for Obama.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, November 8, 2011
NYT (6): National News
As winter sets in, is OWS at a crossroads?; What are Obama's chances in 2012? (Magazine cover story); "Can anyone really create jobs?"; The end of the $1 bill?; New memoirs by Cheney and Rumsfeld, and a new book on JFK.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, November 6, 2011
NYT (5): National News
As expected in wake of Citizens United, outside groups leading RNC and other "official" orgs as money routes; We are NOT prepared for bioterrorism; Fracking debate in Upstate NY gets personal; Rare pre-Halloween winter storm attacks Northeast; A new book on John Brown and "the raid that sparked the Civil War."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, October 30, 2011
NYT (6): Foreign Affairs
Powerful 7.2 quake hits Turkey; European bank collapses - will more follow?; Dirty money in Tunisian elections?; In tit-for-tat, Russia creates list barring certain U.S. citizens; Prince Sultan is dead; A new book on Egypt, from Nasser to the present.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, October 23, 2011
NYT (2): National News
Redistricting battles being waged in court; A new book on "Keynes vs. Hayek."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, October 23, 2011
