British documentary offers cause for concern in more ways than one.
https://www.guernicamag.com/anthony_cuthbertson_syrias_tor/
A response to the recent wave of NYT insurrection.
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_an_open_letter_to_n/
Have all our expenditures in blood and money bought a more stable society in Iraq?
https://www.guernicamag.com/spencer_mandel_the_cradle_of_c/
Deconstructing conventional media and the 2012 horserace.
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_iowa_watch_watch_wa/
Is the U.S. preparing the public for war with Iran? You bet.
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_justifying_war_with/
Was Dominique Strauss-Kahn set up? Or more importantly, why would someone make the effort to?
https://www.guernicamag.com/jonathan_z_larsen_the_dominiqu/
Why Saudi Arabia can’t count on the handy boost the West gave to revolutions in nearby countries.
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_the_saudi_arab_spri/
Does conventional journalism fail to do Occupy Wall Street justice?
https://www.guernicamag.com/corporate_media_stumped_on_how/
Some “nutty” ideas tried years ago by “wild and crazy” Latin American mayors might offer inspiration for a world seeking urban reinvention.
https://www.guernicamag.com/anthony_cuthbertson_radical_th/
As the dust settles in Libya, it’s starting to look suspiciously like an invasion for spoils.
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_now_that_were_celeb/
Studies show a paradigm shift in food prices could also mean a broader increase in violence in the developing world in the near future. We have been warned.
https://www.guernicamag.com/spencer_mandel_let_them_eat_ba/
When you look closely, nothing seems right about what will surely become the accepted account of the raid that nailed America’s enemy number one. And then things get even weirder…
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_whoand_whatare_behi/
If journalism can’t be trusted, democracy is on a slippery slope. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_the_new_york_times/
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Twelve points where Murdoch has impacted our world and our lives, even if they are obscured in the daily rush of revelations. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_what_rupert_murdoch/
How Leon Panetta’s recent trip to Afghanistan and Iran reveal nothing more than what a microphone in Washington would have. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_what_panetta_sawand/
We all like pageantry (Kate and William and all), but the South Sudan independence story shouldn’t bury the strategic angle. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_two_million_deadnow/
When we count on celebrities to provide us with guidance on politics and news, we can easily be led astray. Here, we review a battle between Ashton Kutcher and a newspaper, and find Kutcher coming up short. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_and_spencer_mandel/
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Something good coming out of the World Wildelife Fund’s infamous chumminess with big corporations? Who knew? |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_coca-cola_plant_tak/
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Every U.S. intervention is sold as serving beneficent ends. However, there’s always another purpose—and the public is the last to learn the truth. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/spencer_mandel_who_do_they_thi/
The why of the massive bombing of Libya continues to grow more nonsensical. Congress is baffled into paralysis, and our major media stick to the most honorable interpretation—despite evidence to the contrary. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_libya_updatefeaturi/
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How George W. Bush may have been making a political calculation when he declared himself “Born Again.” |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_born_againand_brain/
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While some criticize Meir Dagan for recent comments on Israel, what we should really be asking is why this doesn’t happen more often. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_a_moment_to_seize_w/
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This week’s big news—that cell phones cause cancer—isn’t new to anyone who’s been paying attention for the past 16 months. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_cell_phones_cancer/
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Are studies like this, by serious researchers, always ignored, or do people ever pay attention and actually change their minds? |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_with_prison_try_a_l/
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The media accuses candidates like Trump and Palin of making the elections into a “circus,” but the real problems are the candidates who seem more legitimate. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_trump_is_not_the_ca/
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Japan has committed to building an entirely new, less nuclear-reliant energy policy. Maybe we should consider doing the same. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_renewing_our_views/
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The bottom line: visibility is crucial—if action is to follow. This is why we cannot depend on “old media” any more than on “old energy.” |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_100_percent_renewab/
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What we almost never see discussed is the bottom line. What is the long-term nature of the Islamic fundamentalist threat, or the nature of the worldview and grievances behind it? |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_osama_the_future_an/
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Do we, after all of the years of lying, all of a sudden accept whatever the government says as true? |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_12_questions_about/
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If you are one of the lucky ones who has been blessed, fairly or not, with the benefits this country, its people, and its economy can bestow, you might well ask: What have I done in return? |
https://www.guernicamag.com/_by_russ_baker_by/
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Don’t expect to take your tap water for granted ever again. |
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_should_frack_be_a_c/
Bob Woodward claims that he is no more than a passive chronicler of events. Yet he has played a significant role in the unfolding history he reports. Whether that benefits the public is something else entirely.
https://www.guernicamag.com/russ_baker_woodward_update_the/