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The call to “support our troops,” or “our boys,” is really an appeal to support the war in which the troops are…
Edward Herman
Edward Samuel Herman (April 7, 1925 – November 11, 2017) . He wrote extensively on economics, political economy, foreign policy, and media analysis. Among his books are The Political Economy of Human Rights (2 vols, with Noam Chomsky, South End Press, 1979); Corporate Control, Corporate Power (Cambridge University Press, 1981); The "Terrorism" Industry (with Gerry O'Sullivan, Pantheon, 1990); The Myth of the Liberal Media: An Edward Herman Reader (Peter Lang, 1999); and Manufacturing Consent (with Noam Chomsky, Pantheon, 1988 and 2002). In addition to his regular "Fog Watch" column in Z Magazine, he edited a web site, inkywatch.org, that monitors the Philadelphia Inquirer.
One of the agreed-on truths of the U.S. political establishment is that peace results from adequate strength, which will provide us with…
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama gravely and indignantly warned Syria that its use of chemical weapons would…
The New York Times had a good front page article on October 28 by Stephen Greenhouse entitled “A Part-Time Life, as Hours…
Double standards have always been with us, but I wonder if they haven’t reached new heights, along with hypocrisy, in the age…
On October 11, 2011, Paul Krugman asserted on his blog that he had the privilege of writing two columns a week for…
During the Vietnam War, a sign over one of the U.S. army bases read “Killing Is Our Business, and Business Is Good.”…
Edward Herman is an economist and media analyst. He is professor emeritus at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is the…
Edward Herman is an economist and media analyst. He is professor emeritus at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is the…
Deficits have long been used as an instrument of class warfare, and even of revolution and counter-revolution. In the French Revolutionary era…