| Jul 2, 2014 | Peace / SecurityRepublican opportunists hoping to score political points are hammering President Barack Obama with vitriolic criticism and blaming him for the latest upheaval in Iraq. So I was pleased when, finally, two Republicans spoke out loudly to deflect those partisan attacks....
| Nov 14, 2012 | Rights / DemocracyYou know it’s a good election night when Karl Rove throws a hissy fit on national television. It came just after 11pm, when the man known as George W. Bush’s “architect” heard a TV network declare Obama the winner in Ohio. This wasn’t...
| Aug 1, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyRupert Murdoch, the Australia-born media tycoon, finally got his you-know-what caught in the wringer. Murdoch’s unethical newspapers hacked thousands of private phone messages, including those of actors Hugh Grant and Jude Law, as well as Prince William and...
| Apr 11, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyNational Public Radio is having a tough time. It’s being beaten up and knocked down, its good name dragged through the mud. It hurts to watch stumble after bumble by executives of this smart radio network. (It’s still smart if you listen to it, but behind...
| Feb 14, 2011 | Rights / DemocracyAs street protests toppled dictators in Tunisia and Egypt, many Americans turned to Al-Jazeera English for the most comprehensive, informed coverage of those historic developments. But they mostly weren’t watching the channel on television. That’s...
