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US soldier in Afghanistan

The MSNBC host and Nation editor at large has always been a thoughtful and fair journalist. That includes how he conducted himself in the controversy around his Memorial Day show.

So now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Including children.

The Amazon Effect

Amazon got big fast, hastening the arrival of digital publishing. But how big is too big?

Why does Amazon now have customers do the search chores it used to do for them, and in innovative ways?

Journalist

Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?

Barack Obama

Why do journalists run interference for the 1 percent, when their job is to expose their schemes?

Postal service

It’s smart politics—the PO is popular, and could be a great community aid in the digital era.

The vilifying charges levelled at Russia's president by the American media could undermine rational U.S. policy-making.

A planet connected by wild weather.

Rupert Murdoch

British investigations reveal the shocking extent of his shady tactics. Can we really believe he hasn’t used the same methods here?

Blogs

It’s a classic David and Goliath story—but who is the real David here?

May 23, 2013

Eric on Tom Jones and what people are syaing about his book, and Reed on media and drones. 

May 23, 2013

Doesn't anyone dream of the stars in culture or in politics anymore?

May 23, 2013

In an age of political discourse confined to partisan squabbling, social justice movements and ideas demand attention.

May 22, 2013

Journalism has a class and color crisis. How can it be solved?

May 21, 2013

Libertarian Republicans and progressive Democrats are moving to restore privacy rights in light of revelations of Department of Justice threats to press freedom.

May 21, 2013

A major PBS funder almost scuttled a film that portrayed him in a negative light. 

May 20, 2013

Some things haven’t changed that much since the Jazz Age.

May 17, 2013

Coming on the heels of the DOJ's seizure of AP records, proposed legislation to keep reporters from being forced to reveal their sources seems would actually roll back protections in some states.

May 16, 2013

Seven Days in May: Each scandal on its own might have fizzled; together, their fumes are intoxicating liberals, too. 

May 16, 2013
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