One of my favorite quotations, from James Madison in 1822, is that “a popular government without popular information, or the means of…
The New York Times is a strongly ideological establishment institution, and when a topic falls within the orbit of its ideological commitments…
One of the most telling signs of the political naiveté of liberals and the Left in the United States has been their…
The Annapolis Conference of November 27, 2007, has been featured as a “peace conference” called to help bring about a peaceful resolution…
In the discussions about Iran among the leaders in the "international community," their expressed dire fears about Iran and its nuclear…
In her August 4 piece in the Huffington Post, “Rove Exits With His Usual M.O.’s: Delusional and Deceptive,” Arianna Huffington offers as…
We have all heard about “genocide denial” and “holocaust denial” as very bad happenings that have focused attention, indignation, and concern to…
We are living in a very dangerous period in which a predatory superpower has embarked on a series of aggressive wars in…
It is amusing to contrast the September 24, 2007 treatment of Iran President Mahmoud Ahmandinejad by Columbia University President Lee Bollinger with…
New York Times propaganda service has often been dramatically displayed in connection with the shooting down of civilian airliners. The editors were…
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