Though often disparaged by the mainstream media, the Internet and its social media represent an important safeguard against civil rights abuses, like the police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, from being covered up. That makes Net neutrality especially important, says Michael…
Category: Politics
Behind Obama’s ‘Chaotic’ Foreign Policy
Wisdom in Obama’s ‘Don’t Do Stupid Stuff’
Why Israel Is Bad for the Jews
Among the harm that hardline Israeli policies have inflicted on Judaism is the erosion of the traditional Jewish tolerance toward dissent, now virtually forbidden if it involves criticizing Israel, as Danny Schechter learned when he asserted that “Israel is bad…
Obama’s Foreign Policy Scrambles
The Heinous Crime Behind Watergate
The Unfinished Drama of Watergate
Tallying Israeli War Crimes
The Long Reach of Vietnam War Deceptions
America’s war in Vietnam, which was authorized by the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution a half century ago, had lasting consequences for the nation, including deeper public distrust of government and government’s determination to restrict the people’s right to know, as…