March 2011
3 posts
The New York Times’ Bill Keller on WikiLeaks: a... →
Keller attempts to cover all the bases in his essay, defending himself against accusations that the Times has endangered US “national security”—defaming Assange in the process—and making the case for a “responsible” (that is to say, compliant) media, while at the same time hypocritically opposing government prosecution of WikiLeaks.
Whatever he thinks he has done, Mr. Keller has in fact...
WikiLeaks exposes Washington’s dollar diplomacy →
In plain English, this means that US diplomats—employees of the US government, whose salaries are paid by taxation of the American population—were meeting with Russian officials to use their position and influence to ensure that MasterCard and Visa would be able to collect billions in credit card fees in that country.
MasterCard and Visa announced in December 2010 that they would no longer...
Our Economic Pain Is Coming from Big Industry... →
John Schmitt:
Conservative think-tanks and politicians like New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker have been leading an attack on public-sector workers. The crux of their argument is that the economy is a mess and a large part of the reason is that public employees are overpaid.
On closer inspection, the evidence suggests a different culprit: private-sector...