Deferring to the SecDef | Why is the press ignoring Panetta’s frenzied rhetoric and data-free myths?
COMMENTARY
The defense secretary likens budget-cutters to Nazis and makes assertions that simply aren't true -- but the media don't seem to care, writes Winslow Wheeler.

| America's secret empire of drone bases
COMMENTARY
Nick Turse writes that these bases -- some little more than desolate airstrips, others sophisticated command and control centers -- are the backbone of a new American robotic way of war.

Next up: Freedom Square in DC | Is protest in America at a turning point? COMMENTARY Tea Party aside, activism slowed almost to a halt after Democrats took the House and Senate and Obama was elected. Now antiwar, anti-corporate, anti-big bank protests have started up in Washington and on Wall Street, and they are spreading elsewhere. Two main questions: Will they grow to be a serious force in America, and how long will the mainstream media give them the silent treatment?

Facebook in Kabul | In Afghanistan, 'a generation of hope and change'
COMMENTARY
The Arab spring hasn’t gone unnoticed in Afghanistan. Young men and women there, using Facebook and Twitter, are launching an unprecedented movement for national unity, writes Nasim Ferat, a young Afghan now at school in the United States.

Wrong story | Heeding fake concerns about propriety -- instead of real matters of substance
COMMENTARY
After Bernie Sanders leaked some hot data on oil speculation, the media squawked when it should have jumped.

Tax ‘Reform’ traps | The future of our economy depends on how well the media cover the tax debate
COMMENTARY
Martin Lobel writes that special interests are defining the terms of a debate in which the economy is at stake. And he offers an extraordinary resource to reporters who want to understand taxation issues better.

A Nieman Watchdog primer | Anyone smell a big, regressive Value Added Tax coming our way?
COMMENTARY
Henry Banta points out that a VAT could be a perfect fit for Washington leaders: for Democrats because it’s a money machine for the government, and for Republicans, because it’s really regressive.

A sheep-like public | Step by step, what America has done wrong since 9/11
COMMENTARY
In some key ways, Osama bin Laden got his wish. America’s response to 9/11 has ravaged the economy, undermined civil and individual liberties – and has left us just as vulnerable as ever. Someone says “terrorist threat” and we jump. Through it all, the people and their elected representatives have hardly murmured.

Reporting the endgame | Missing from 9/11 anniversary coverage: crucial context and history COMMENTARY By neglecting to mention the key U.S. role in supporting militant jihadists in their war against the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the press missed an opportunity to raise questions about blowback -- and about whether our actions in Afghanistan today will once again produce negative future consequences.

Banta's view | Where ‘regular economics’ comes up short, and cold
COMMENTARY
ABC, in a series on hunger, shows a lot more compassion and common sense than a professor wedded to the efficient market theory. Score one for the news media.

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