this piece is clearly biased, about its message, which is the just-as-clear drift, or even rush of conservative men in political power to lessen, disrespect and oppress the women in our country on many issues, treating them generically as second-class citizens. they must believe this becomes a means to maintain their diminishing power in a changing world and in general, much like they treat with immigrants (primarily) who come from south of the u.s. i would have preferred the language used not be that of mimicking the language of those men about women.

what is good about this journalism is the inclusion of some facts about the recent russian messages from both the present and future presidents regarding syria and the middle east. there's not much analysis nor experts here. what is interesting about the story is what could be read between the lines. the threats and the counterthreats of the posturing from the two powerful nuclear countries, u.s and russia. the standoffs which potentially both secure and pose threats to the rest of us.

this former ambassador analyzes what he knows of what occurred at the meeting in istanbul regarding iran's nuclear developments. his statements are direct, and nuanced, with understanding of the many factors of the delicate balance between seeing resolution possible but without commitments from either point of view for what may come next. the u.s. is clearly shown to have a large role in what messages the president sends in the future. the piece does not offer any other sources for his analysis.

a confused message is offered by this artlcle. the headline shouts that our corporate tax rate is so high that it is detrimental to the nation; then, the 'political hysteria' over this raw fact is questioned with another reality, that the effective rates are so much lower and even non-existent for some companies.

this is a clear summary of the state of climate change politic in the world now, and how it is and must continue to change to create realistic expectations and solutions to the environmental forces transforming the planet. the article points out that the connections between the major forces in human progress, economic, social and environmental must be recognized and interlocked together going forward. the failure of attempts to target climate change as its own problem seems to be accepted much more broadly. i

this story provides insight into modern chinese government.

an article by a respected journalist, which lays out the facts and figures for the important questions about charter schools, whose promises are not even coming close to being met. he mentions the primary causes for systemic school disappointment: "economic inequality and anemic school budgets".

because this is considered an opinion about health care, it may by some, be classed as biased. however, the facts are pretty straightforward, and show the amazing benefits already from the h.c. reform as well as those to come in 2014. but the article is best in pointing out that much of this information is not understood by the public, including how much money is ultimately and beginning to be saved with this reform. the writer blames its advocates for this state, and doesn't mention that articles like this are not in the vast majority of news media outlets most read or seen by the public

a fair analysis based primarily (altho including the opinion of the writer) on quotes from those being analyzed. the story illustrates the difficulties of objective reporting and also the limiting factors (how to think around the obvious barriers) of fact-checking.

much of the info which is here and which isn't here is not necessarily public and the huffpost has done well in bringing out the point that this year's guest list for the salon doesn't include some names known to be advocates for maintaining social security as it has worked, even if changes must be made to keep its ability to function. that fact brings up concerns about the motivation behind it

this isn't journalism; it's factchecking. and while the content is reasonable, the headline's words, 'highly misleading' is itself misleading.in my view. whle the article quotes romney's views as not for federal mandates, but for state-by-state decision-making, clearly he doesn't rule out individual mandates for other states, as he used in his own as governor.

this is a compelling call for help to rid the world and the part of africa run by the congolese army and the 'deadly' LRA, led by kony. this story focuses on one family's story of their losses of many members killed and maimed by this force, with the aid of the army which offers no protection for the people,and whose call is simply for someone, some agent to kill this malignant leader of deadly, destructive force..

this is an inspiring story/interview with a theoretical physicist who forecasts a 'futuristic world', which will use microchips and nanoparticles, a.i., and other biotech advances. he's optimistic about this in spite of his disappointment in the u.s. falling behind in producing scientific research. while mentioning the 'caveman principle' which could hinder the actual advancement of new possibilities, he doesn't give it much attention in seeing the future. i think this may matter for our future more than the article indicates.

it's unfortunate that the article is obvious in its bias, which comes through in not giving more information about why the two men were "'assassinated", and about the actual retaliation beyond no casualties and "fired rockets". the most obvious however is in calling those who died "martyrs". it is unfortunate because it would have been helpful for readers who aren't there, to read a context, a perspective, for them to understand the event as the writer would want.

this article doesn't provide much info for , or explanation of its thesis. however, it's important nonetheless, for putting a number of recent political issues or events into a perspective. as someone who is female and therefore has perhaps a conflict of interest, i believe that the thrust of the thesis is reasonable. i

after hearing the author interviewed about this book, and reading a number of reviews, i think this book is journalism in one of its best, purest forms. the topic, poverty, the country, india, the focus, the humanity are so significant for all of us that the book would appear to transcend the journalism we usually see and review.

this is a moving and powerful description from mr. kristoff who is there in the hills of sudan where he witnesses what the government is doing to its own peoples. his is a call to intervention by the u.s. and he has been doing this for a while. his facts presented here would seem to warrant some response by the world.

this is an informative piece from ted turner on the keystone tar sands oil pipeline. he states upfront that he has property near a part of the projected line, which surely will be used to discredit his opinion. that opinion however is validated by the information he presents, along with the known history of the human and wildlife costs to oil production. as he presents the case, we must look at our own question: if the canadians themselves don't want this, why do we. we are not in a crisis for oil.

some interesting facts here on different measurements of comparison. it made me wonder about an impact of outsourcing for the two wars.

the most important point in this piece is in the first paragraph: that the terms 'conservative' and 'right wing' are not synonyms. there are a number of persons included with their psychoanalyses of those who are part of the 'right wing'. common sense tells us tho that not every person in that group fits the characterizations here more than many others who are not even close to that group. nevertheless, much of what's here helps us know them better.

i'd like to have seen the comparison satellite photos here, so that i could see the differences for myself, and, as well, have nasa's thoughts on these. also i wish more knowledgeable people were used to comment on the economic conflict of fossil fuel providers.

this article, along with one linked to it in the daily mail, illustrates the complexity of how science works, and the difficulty those of us have, who are not scientists but would like to see ourselves as able as they, to interpret the data. each of these stories has incomplete data being used to convey the writer's point of view. as in most science, climate change data relies upon both observation and mathematical models and more observation, and so on..., to determine, until some other established data is complete enough, what appears to be the reality. clearly the factors discussed in these articles are all real factors, but without the scientific knowledge to interpret them, we leave it to the bulk of the scientists ... More »

mr. krugman offers a reasonable information as explanation for his conclusions about how damaging austerity is in a recession. he also points out that there are "caveats and complications" to this thesis.and he praises the president for not embracing austerity while state governments are.

media matters did a thorough review of coverage of this topic and with graphs and facts and figures, show the lack of independent thinking on the part of the american media outlets on this issue.