Analysis

                
  • Washington, not Miami, calls the shots on Cuba

    Washington, not Miami, calls the shots on Cuba

    January 23, 2004

    Opinion On Oct. 10, 2003, George W. Bush gave a Rose Garden rundown of a hard-line position on Cuba made even harder. It’s election time, and the prevailing wisdom is that the president is currying favor...

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  • 2003s stinkiest media performances

    2003s stinkiest media performances

    January 16, 2004

    Opinion The P.U.-litzer Prizes were established more than a decade ago to give recognition to the stinkiest media performances of the year. As usual, I have conferred with Jeff Cohen, founder of the media watch group...

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  • Whats wrong with no-match letters

    Whats wrong with no-match letters

    January 16, 2004

    Opinion Last week, President Bush announced a vague plan to deal with the 8 to 12 million undocumented immigrants in the United States. The plan has been denounced because it fails to guarantee what SEIU Executive...

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  • The raid on civil rights at Goose Creek

    The raid on civil rights at Goose Creek

    January 9, 2004

    Opinion Suppose the police in one community staged, with guns drawn, a drug raid at a high school and rounded up more than one hundred students to search and arrest – but found no drugs. Suppose...

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  • Enola Gay: the Smithsonian edits history

    Enola Gay: the Smithsonian edits history

    January 9, 2004

    Opinion The Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945 – a marvel of technology? A worthy subject for a historical exhibit, rather like Disneyland’s Robot Lincoln? The...

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