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How the US Provides ‘Security’ to the Persian Gulf Region

Perhaps the Obama administration shouldn't cite the Iraq War as an example of how it helps provide "security" for Persian Gulf states.

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The Fictional MSM Narrative of Obama’s ‘Reluctance’ to Intervene in Syria

Reuters presents the standard fictional narrative that the Obama administration has been reluctant to intervene in Syria.

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Paul Krugman Didn’t Say That

Paul Krugman has a sizable log in his eye.

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OMG! The Arctic Sea Ice Is Melting! Be Afraid!

The media's reporting about melting of the arctic sea ice is unnecessarily alarmist. Global sea ice is doing just fine.

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Netanyahu’s “Flip-Flop” and the Willful Blindness of the Mainstream Media

The media's reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's election promise to prevent Palestinian statehood illustrates an institutional myopia.

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The Relevance of Netanyahu’s Speech to the US Congress (in 1 Sentence)

If the mainstream media were to actually inform readers of the relevance of Netanyahu's speech to the US Congress, it would defeat the purpose.

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Paul Krugman, the Future of Journalism, and SEO

Thoughts on the failure of the mainstream media and the future of journalism.

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So Iran Thinks It Has a Right to Enrich Uranium. Is Iran Wrong?

Why does the New York Times so persistently refuse to disclose that Iran is correct: the NPT does recognize it has a right to enrich uranium.

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How the Global Warming Scare Began

John Coleman discusses the origins of the alarmist predictions about global warming.

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Paul Krugman’s Laughable Argument that Wages Aren’t Determined by the Law of Supply and Demand

Paul Krugman makes vain argument that the federal minimum wage should be raised because the law of supply and demand doesn't apply to labor wages.

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