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An Enron effect | Speculators – not supply and demand – are to blame for skyrocketing gas prices COMMENTARY A bipartisan Senate report, largely ignored by the media, says that there's no oil shortage and none is expected. Rather, it's massive, unregulated speculation that is costing consumers billions of dollars – and vastly enriching people like T. Boone Pickens. 
The long-term image | What about anti-American views after Bush and Iraq? COMMENTARY Murrey Marder, taking a second look at a Watchdog survey of Nieman fellows around the world, finds broad, deep concerns over whether America's image may have become tarnished beyond repair for years to come.
The overseas press | The U.S. vs North Korea, as seen from Seoul COMMENTARY South Korean editorialists see a disconnect between long-time allies and are growing anxious about it.
News the media doesn't get | Bush says one thing, the U.S. embassy another COMMENTARY A State Department cable, reprinted here, paints a miserable, fearful existence for Iraqis even as the Bush administration tries to create and ride a wave of good news. So far, the press has done next to nothing with this story.
The overseas press | The Economist, others say Bush just doesn't get it COMMENTARY The handling of suicides at Guantanamo, the killing of Zarqawi and Bush’s trip to Baghdad are linked by foreign news organizations and widely seen as gross PR efforts
In defense of 9/11 wives | Reporters, editors can learn from Jon Corzine COMMENTARY The governor of New Jersey, in a letter to the New York Times, shows one way of dealing with vulgar publicity hounds: Don’t give them what they want.
Part One | Twelve things journalists need to remember to be good economic reporters COMMENTARY Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong teams up with journalism professor Susan Rasky on a quick guide for journalists who talk to economists and want to be in the information -- rather than disinformation -- business.
Part Two | Twelve things economists need to remember to be helpful journalistic sources COMMENTARY| June 164, 2006 In an accompanying piece to Twelve things journalists need to remember to be good economic reporters, Berkeley economics professor Brad DeLong teams up with journalism professor Susan Rasky on a quick guide for economists who talk to journalists and want to help, rather than hurt.
The overseas press | Editorials ask if go-it-alone U.S. will attack Iran COMMENTARY Writes the Guardian: “Just as (Ahmadinejad) is Bush’s ideal raving Islamicist, so Bush is (Ahmadinejad’s) ideal raving western imperialist…”
From Nieman Reports | Remembering the forgotten COMMENTARY A journalist who covered the impact of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma for the Palm Beach Post hopes that last year's carnage will remind reporters and editors to factor in the circumstances and needs of poor and low-income people as they think about coverage of disasters – both natural and man-made.
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