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Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on the ‘New York Times’?

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 2nd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL

Is the Fog of Pre-War Again Descending on the ‘New York Times’?
From: Leslie Savan

The New York Times has yet to learn from its hawkish coverage in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof
From: Zoë Carpenter

It only took a day for the Court’s “limited” Hobby Lobby decision to start to crack open.

The Saga of Christie, Samson and the American Dream Megamall: Part II
From: The Christie Watch

How the boys from New Jersey are trying to pay for it all—at taxpayer expense.

Half a Century After Freedom Summer, It’s Time for America to ‘Earn Our Insurgencies’
From: Katrina vanden Heuvel

There is much to celebrate in Mississippi, yet America still needs a year of action on voting rights.

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How Israel is Punishing Ordinary Palestinians

Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on July 2nd, 2014 11:08 pm by HL

How Israel is Punishing Ordinary Palestinians
Max Fisher, Vox
Twenty days after three Israeli high school students were kidnapped in the West Bank merely for being there, two days after they were found murdered in an apparent execution by Hamas members, and one day after Israelis gathered nationally to mourn the deaths, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies on Israel’s political right appear to have extracted what they wanted from the crisis.

No More Empty Threats on Russia Sanctions

Why the Fate of Ukraine Matters
Thomas Friedman, New York Times
You can’t make this up. The Guardian reported on Sunday that Ukrainians have crowdfunded the first “people’s drone” to help their army stem infiltration by Russian-supported rebels in Ukraine’s eastern provinces that border Russia. “Last week, Ukraine’s crowdfunding site ‘The People’s Project’ said that it had received enough donations to fund a drone,” The Guardian reported. “The organizers had originally hoped to buy a state-of-the-art Israeli drone — for $165,000 — or a cheaper American one costing…

The Hobby Lobby Decision’s Real Meaning
Steve Chapman, Chicago Trib
Organizations concerned with public policy have a habit of hyping developments that relate to their concerns. When the Supreme Court ruled that some corporations are exempt from paying for employees’ contraceptive coverage under Obamacare, both sides loudly trumpeted its importance.The right celebrated the verdict as a stinging defeat for an administration at war with religion, while the left decried it as the latest offensive in the conservative war on women. There was no one to say the decision is not a terribly big deal. So let me say: It’s not a terribly big deal.In the first place, the…