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The overseas press | A little bluster comes with North Korea's nuclear test COMMENTARY Voices from the two Koreas, Russia, Iran and China regarding last week’s nuclear test and what to do about it. 
Hearing scheduled | News councils seen as one more way to undermine press credibility COMMENTARY In Washington state, a sheriff complained that investigative stories by the Post-Intelligencer ‘unfairly disparage’ the sheriff’s office, and the Washington News Council then asked the paper’s editors and reporters to ‘explain themselves.’ Writer Jane Kirtley’s advice: ‘Don’t explain.’
Creating monstrosities | Does our safety diminish as our laws increase? COMMENTARY "It is high time," writes Gen. William E. Odom, "that leaders in Congress, opinion makers, candidates for public office nationwide and the press unmask the so-called 'Global War on Terrorism' for what it is: a slogan and a campaign that make al Qaeda and other such organizations far more effective than they would be if publicly ignored and quietly attacked by methods entirely within the limits of our constitutional rights."
A book review | Debunking the myth of liberal media bias COMMENTARY Eric Boehlert wrote about press misjudgments, foibles, stupidities, biases and kowtows one by one in columns from 2000 to 2005, and then strung them together in a book that is highly critical of many well-known, even venerated journalists.
The overseas press | 'Life is now more dangerous everywhere' COMMENTARY The overseas press: The National Intelligence Estimate consensus that the Iraq war has made terrorism worse surprised hardly anyone, but interpretations are sharply divergent. Some see it as a ‘reality check’ for the Democrats; others as just the latest maddening news item, or even, a finding of benefit to George Bush.
4th survey since the early 1970s | Fewer journalists, and a clog at the top COMMENTARY Indiana U. report shows sharply fewer reporters and editors at traditional news media and a clog at the top positions, making it harder for young people to advance and, perhaps, making the news business less attractive as a career.
Institutional recklessness | Staff cuts may make owners vulnerable in libel cases COMMENTARY What will the courts say when litigants argue that news organization chieftains got rid of experienced staffers and put in place a rawer, under-trained newsroom, knowingly making the product more error-prone?
The overseas press | 5 years later, the question is, Are we still all Americans? COMMENTARY A sampling of editorial opinion in Italy, Germany, Britain and Qatar has the U.S. moving from being the most respected nation then to being the most suspected now
No decoys this time | What about the most recent missile defense test? COMMENTARY Labeled a ‘total success’ by the Pentagon general in charge, the Sept. 1 flight intercept was a real accomplishment. But it was the simplest test in the 10-year history of the program and did not reflect a real-world situation. Expert Phil Coyle says it is up to the press to explain this complicated, confusing story.
American leaders on tape in Baghdad | Talking about appeasement, let's go back to 1990 COMMENTARY Gil Cranberg says, “The press could do worse than to remind Americans that our stumbles in Iraq didn’t just begin with the 2003 invasion but trace back more than a decade earlier to misguided moves to mollify and, yes, appease Saddam.”
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