By Patrick Martin: According to a report published Sunday on the front page of the New York Times, the Obama administration is pushing ahead with plans to ...
By Chris Floyd: On Sunday, the New York Times -- the paper of record, the bellwether by which all "serious" American media sets its compass -- published a story about the Obama administration's efforts to codify its "extrajudicial killing program" before the election. The aim, we were told, was to make sure there were "clear standards and procedures" in place to keep the death squads going, even if the president lost the election.
By Kevin Gosztola: The administration of United States President Barack Obama feared they might lose re-election and in the weeks before Election Day began to develop ...
By Kate Randall: In an opinion piece in the November 21 edition of the New York Times, H. Gilbert Welch, M.D., M.P.H., writes that regular mammography screenings ...
By Stephen M. Walt: Now that the dust has settled in Gaza, permit me a brief comment on the way the conflict was covered here in ...
By Marc H. Ellis: Thinking about ‘A Phony Hero for a Phony War’ – the title of an Op-Ed by Lucian Truscott for the New York Times last week. It’s a biting commentary on David Petraeus. Reading it I couldn’t help but think of Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu.
By Noel Young: The Pollard Inquiry into the Jimmy Savile affair resumes today in a London solicitor’s office with George Entwistle, the 54-day ex Director General ...
By Joe Romm: The NY Times (finally) goes apocalyptic on climate change...