By Robert Parry
April 15, 2009
On Tuesday, the New York Times ran two editorials that staked out sound positions – on the need for the American Bar Association to resist right-wing pressures in evaluating judicial nominees and on the value of holding tyrants accountable. But in both cases, the Times demonstrated blind spots about parallels to itself and the U.S. media.
Read on.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Anatomy of Bush's Torture 'Paradigm'
By Ray McGovern
April 14, 2009
The prose of the recently leaked report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on torture seems colorless. It is at the same time obscene — almost pornographic.
Read on.
April 14, 2009
The prose of the recently leaked report of the International Committee of the Red Cross on torture seems colorless. It is at the same time obscene — almost pornographic.
Read on.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Reagan, Media and Heroes
By Robert Parry
April 13, 2009
When we write about a U.S. media culture that reflexively bends to the Right, some people dispute our analysis. After all, they’ve heard those endless complaints about the “liberal media.”
Read on.
April 13, 2009
When we write about a U.S. media culture that reflexively bends to the Right, some people dispute our analysis. After all, they’ve heard those endless complaints about the “liberal media.”
Read on.
US News Media Fails America, Again
By Robert Parry
April 13, 2009
Watching Glenn Beck of Fox News rant about “progressive fascism” – and muse about armed insurrection – or listening to mainstream pundits prattle on about Barack Obama as the “most polarizing President ever,” it is hard to escape the conclusion that today’s U.S. news media represents a danger to the Republic.
Read on.
April 13, 2009
Watching Glenn Beck of Fox News rant about “progressive fascism” – and muse about armed insurrection – or listening to mainstream pundits prattle on about Barack Obama as the “most polarizing President ever,” it is hard to escape the conclusion that today’s U.S. news media represents a danger to the Republic.
Read on.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Re-Fueling the Terrorism Scare
By David Swanson
April 12, 2009
Virginia is for lovers, but there's a terrorist behind every dogwood.
Read on.
April 12, 2009
Virginia is for lovers, but there's a terrorist behind every dogwood.
Read on.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Israeli Scholar Disputes Founding Myth
By Morgan Strong
April 12, 2009
The founding narrative of the modern State of Israel was born from the words of Moses in the Old Testament, that God granted the land of Israel to the Jewish people and that it was to be theirs for all time.
Read on.
April 12, 2009
The founding narrative of the modern State of Israel was born from the words of Moses in the Old Testament, that God granted the land of Israel to the Jewish people and that it was to be theirs for all time.
Read on.
CIA Videos Predated Bush Memo
By Jason Leopold
April 11, 2009
The CIA began videotaping interrogations of two alleged “high value” terrorist detainees in April 2002, four months before Bush administration attorneys issued a memo clearing the way for CIA interrogators to use “enhanced interrogation techniques,” the Justice Department disclosed in court documents.
Read on.
April 11, 2009
The CIA began videotaping interrogations of two alleged “high value” terrorist detainees in April 2002, four months before Bush administration attorneys issued a memo clearing the way for CIA interrogators to use “enhanced interrogation techniques,” the Justice Department disclosed in court documents.
Read on.
Friday, April 10, 2009
US Media and the Memory Hole
By Norman Solomon
April 10, 2009
A headline in The New York Times announced a few days ago: "Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory." This news ran above the fold on the front page.
Read on.
April 10, 2009
A headline in The New York Times announced a few days ago: "Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory." This news ran above the fold on the front page.
Read on.
Thursday, April 09, 2009
America, Torture and Hypocrisy
By Robert Parry
April 9, 2009
The International Committee of the Red Cross’s torture report should be required reading for all Americans not just because its contents are shocking – which they are – but because it reveals that the United States is not the special nation that it often pretends to be, and won’t be as long as it chooses to look away from such crimes.
Read on.
April 9, 2009
The International Committee of the Red Cross’s torture report should be required reading for all Americans not just because its contents are shocking – which they are – but because it reveals that the United States is not the special nation that it often pretends to be, and won’t be as long as it chooses to look away from such crimes.
Read on.
'Let the Railsplitter Awake!'
By Michael Winship
April 9, 2009
A number of years ago, when I was writing a public television series for the Smithsonian Institution, I watched a woman in one of the museum's conservation labs, restoring what appeared to be an old top hat.
Read on.
April 9, 2009
A number of years ago, when I was writing a public television series for the Smithsonian Institution, I watched a woman in one of the museum's conservation labs, restoring what appeared to be an old top hat.
Read on.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Gates's Up-Is-Down Military Budget
By David Swanson
April 8, 2009
The largest military budget in the history of the world is being increased. Certain weapons are being cut back, others expanded. But the overall budget is going UP. Not that you would readily know that from these fine news sources:
Read on.
April 8, 2009
The largest military budget in the history of the world is being increased. Certain weapons are being cut back, others expanded. But the overall budget is going UP. Not that you would readily know that from these fine news sources:
Read on.
Easter Hope: Justice Against Torture
By Ray McGovern
April 8, 2009
April 8, 2009
Three years ago, Easter dawned in Crawford, Texas, for the many friends of peace gathered to celebrate new Easter hope.
Read on.The Gates Doctrine for More Wars
By Melvin A. Goodman
April 8, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has learned very little from the military trials and tribulations of the United States over the past 50 years.
Read on.
April 8, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has learned very little from the military trials and tribulations of the United States over the past 50 years.
Read on.
Bush's CIA Suspected of More Torture
By Jason Leopold
April 8, 2009
The Bush administration may have abused or tortured many more detainees at secret CIA prisons than the 14 “high-value” terror suspects already known, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a confidential report.
Read on.
April 8, 2009
The Bush administration may have abused or tortured many more detainees at secret CIA prisons than the 14 “high-value” terror suspects already known, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a confidential report.
Read on.
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Fixing the Real Wall Street Blame
By Bill Moyers and Michael Winship
April 7, 2009
A cartoon in the Sunday comics shows that mustachioed fellow with monocle and top hat from the Monopoly game - "Rich Uncle Pennybags," he used to be called - standing along the roadside, destitute, holding a sign: "Will blame poor people for food."
Read on.
April 7, 2009
A cartoon in the Sunday comics shows that mustachioed fellow with monocle and top hat from the Monopoly game - "Rich Uncle Pennybags," he used to be called - standing along the roadside, destitute, holding a sign: "Will blame poor people for food."
Read on.
Saving Mexico by Legalizing US Drugs
By Ivan Eland
April 7, 2009
While the U.S. superpower has meddled in many far-flung nations around the globe in the name of enhancing its security, as prior to 9/11, it has ignored a threat much closer to home.
Read on.
April 7, 2009
While the U.S. superpower has meddled in many far-flung nations around the globe in the name of enhancing its security, as prior to 9/11, it has ignored a threat much closer to home.
Read on.
Monday, April 06, 2009
El Salvador Turns a Page
By David Corbett
April 6, 2009
April 6, 2009
On March 15, El Salvador made history by electing the first left-wing president in its history.
Another Bush Intelligence Failure
By Robert Parry
April 6, 2009
Add to the list of President George W. Bush’s failures his inability to straighten out what he regarded as one of the top national security needs, a more effective U.S. intelligence community.
Read on.
April 6, 2009
Add to the list of President George W. Bush’s failures his inability to straighten out what he regarded as one of the top national security needs, a more effective U.S. intelligence community.
Read on.
Sunday, April 05, 2009
Cowardice in the Time of Torture
By Ray McGovern
April 5, 2009
I used to take a certain pride by association with prominent Bronxites who have “made it.” Cancel that for Attorney General Eric Holder and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Read on.
April 5, 2009
I used to take a certain pride by association with prominent Bronxites who have “made it.” Cancel that for Attorney General Eric Holder and former Secretary of State Colin Powell.
Read on.
Conyers Again Seeks Bush Prosecutor
By Jason Leopold
April 5, 2009
April 5, 2009
House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers has renewed his call for a special prosecutor to conduct a criminal inquiry into “war on terror” policies of the Bush administration, including whether “enhanced interrogation techniques” used on alleged terrorist detainees violated international and federal laws against torture.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)