Julian Assange may not be your idea of a hero (nor mine) but he is undoubtedly adding to the sum of information that the public has the right and responsibility to know if we are to continue as citizens of free and democratic societies. The violence of the attacks against him are only a "kill the messenger" reaction to the sudden and unwelcome knowledge of our own complicity. Now that we know about the atrocities being perpetrated in our name, we can no longer ignore them if we want to think of ourselves as moral and responsible human beings. Assange has attacked our comfortable complacency, and it is personally painful. It is so much easier to brand him a monster, jail him, extradite him or even murder him, rather than look ... More »

No! It is Israeli propaganda from a Jewish writer whos reputation amond the very small number of French Intellectuals is greatly exaggerated. Pamela de Maigret

This article describes the painful subjecft of a US-Israeli disagreement over the continued building of settlements on Palestinian land.

The writer has vast experience in the area, an understanding of the complex history of the region and as a former member of the U.S. military, he is realistic about what can (and cannot) be done on the ground.

The point/counterpoint form is an excellent way to refute bias, especially in a publication as partsan as the WSJ.

This superficial story of the South Korean credit card debacle told the reader nothing useful about how we Americans can face our own credit card crash.

The author is following up on the excellent research done by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh into the hudden crimes of extra-legal rendition under the last administration. This is the purpose of journalism.

A human touch is added to a very complex and difficult story. Excellent and clear writing about the bewildering economic collapse.

Clearly describes a difficult problem.

This article delves behind the actions to give the context for why the actions are taking place. This larger view clarifys what appears to be blind stupidity and makes the decisions of all the parties comprehensible.

This impartial investigative journalism is absolutely imperative to understand the subtle complexities of the present economic-political crisis. A "small thing" like the 1970's switch from having the payment for securities ratings go from the investors to the issuers, opened a hugeconflict of interest which helped to bring us to where we are today. Pamela de Maigret

Just one more thing to keep in mind as the election approaches.

Sounds sensible on the face of it, but beware the Kiss of Judas from Karl Rove!

A much-needed explanation of how and why we are in the present economic depression

Having worked as an Election Protection Volunteer in Florida during the elections, and having seen first hand the egregious fraud, and having been threatened with jail by the police when I tried to complain, I know Mark Crispin Miller is correct in his assertions about election fraud being rampant in the last three elections -- and it is now the most serious threat to true damocracy that we face.

This is the type of thoughtful journalism we need to see in this contentious campaign season. Rather than snatching a quote out of context and twisting it to suit a political stance, David Coleman fully explains, not only the physical circumstances in which a statement was made, but he helpfully describes the emotional surround of the comments and what he believed the candidate was trying to convey.

This excellent article describes the Bush Administrations refusal to accept any limits on it's powers.

Although the terms "Rankism" and "Dignitarian Society" are awkward and cumbersome, until better synonyms emerge they will have to do. This explanation of the "Obama Phenomenon" makes sense.

This excellent article reaches under the salacious headlines of a politician and a prostitute to disclose the underlying motivation for a corrupt and politicized branch of the Justice Department to attack a Democratic State governor.

We really need to understand the economic situation -- and it is complicated. This article helps.

INVALUABLE STORY ABOUT HOW TO GET IRAQI NEWS FROM THE IRAQ POINT OF VIEW (washingtonbureau.typepad.com/iraq) THANK YOU McCLATCHY PRESS!

This is a different take on the complicated subject of solar energy -- well written and clear.

Two distinguished professors and men of concience explain why they took a very unpopular position and the ugly price in defamation and abuse thay have paid. Yet their book has opened the floodgate of criticism about the Israely Lobby, that had been suppressed by Jewish pressure.

Exposing a cover-up is ALWAYS good journalism. The purpose of our Fourth Estate is to say the truth. Better late than never.

There is a "hidden agenda" here. Judy Miller, the former New York Times reporter who was repudiated and fired for placing Bush Administration propaganda of the front pages of the NYT, is still towing the White House line that the U.S. people are under dire threat from terrorism. Thanks Judy, for making it easier for the Administration to cancel more and more of our Constitutional freedoms.

This story is the latest version of The New York Times' pro-administration propaganda posing as journalism (remember Judy Miller?). O'Hanlon and Pollack call themselves, "two analysts who have harshly criticized the Bush administration’s miserable handling of Iraq." That is nonsense and their editors at the Times should not have let them rewrite their own history. Both authors have a long Neo-Con history of agitating for the war, and then supporting it. Pollack's 2002 book The Threatening Storm: The Case for Invading Iraq was a pro Bush, pro war propaganda piece. During this same period O'Hanlon argued that, " “there is a case for overthrowing Mr. Hussein...[that] has more to do with the region’s security than with any ... More »

The NYT plays a useful role in giving some balance to the President's questionable assertions, and pointing out the mis-information about al-Qaeda he has been pushing.

The Author's 30+ years as a foreign correspondent gives him the perspective to see how the CIA spying debacles of the Cold War are not so different from what is going on today. The parallel between V.P. Dick Cheney and the disgraced and paranoid US intelligence grand master, James Jesus Angleton is uncanny.

This excellent, wide ranging and informative story takes on an American taboo -- the power of the Jewish Lobby -- and explains the consequences of this country's unwillingness to confront a formidable power block that puts the best interests of a foreign state ahead of the U.S.

The U.S. intended to destroy the Palestinian Unity Government from the moment Hammas won the general election in the West Bank and Ghaza. A duplicitous secret document outlined the methods and timing and bore the collective imprint of not only the U.S., but the U.K.,Israel, Jordan and Egypt.

A Journalist caught the President inadvertently telling the truth and unconciously exposing his real expectations for Iraq.

A clear-eyed view from a veteran reporter who lives in the Middle East. Jonathan Cook can see beyond the conventional propaganda.

The author is unusually well informed on the Middle East and is one of the few Western University Professors to both speak Arabic and write with passion and intelligence.