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| The Gambia: A dictator's anti-media war COMMENTARY On the 16th anniversary of the military takeover in The Gambia, Alagi Yorro Jallow, a 2007 Nieman Fellow, writes about the government's ongoing repression of journalists in his country. 
A role for the press here | Cut tax expenditures to stimulate the economy COMMENTARY Cutting the special subsidies in the tax code would go far toward eliminating the deficit and stimulating the economy. It’s a way of letting the market work without government interference. Sounds like Republicans might favor it, right?
| U.S. reverses decision, grants visa to Colombian Nieman Fellow COMMENTARY Nieman curator Giles cites efforts of various groups in persuading the State Department to set aside attempts at discrediting Hollman Morris, an independent TV journalist.
George Wilson’s column | No surveys needed to repeal ‘Don’t ask, don’t tell’ COMMENTARY Harry Truman needed guts, not just opinion polls, to integrate the armed forces. That’s what’s needed now, writes George Wilson.
Buy his book | The essential, undistractable Engelhardt COMMENTARY The editor of TomDispatch.com is out with a new book that offers a lucid unifying theory of what went wrong in post-9/11 America. In short, the country became addicted to war.
| Bob Giles on the U.S. refusal to allow entry to a Nieman Fellow COMMENTARY In the 60 years since international journalists have been awarded Nieman fellowships, Hollman Morris of Colombia is the first to be denied entry to the United States by our government. Nieman curator Giles says that if the denial holds, it would an alarming, major recasting of the doctrine of press freedom – opening journalists to charges of terrorist activities because they established contacts with and reported on terrorist organizations.
George Wilson’s column | Is Petraeus figuring on perpetual war? COMMENTARY In his confirmation testimony, General David Petraeus said the U.S. would allow no sanctuaries for al Qaida or other extremist elements, anywhere. Just what does that mean? Does it mean U.S. troops in Yemen, for example?
‘Undeniably useful?’ | On identifying rape suspects by their color COMMENTARY Richard Prince, prompted by a Nieman Watchdog blog on a specific case in Des Moines, takes a longer look at a contentious issue.
No end in sight | Is there no end to Operation Enduring War? COMMENTARY Seven reasons our nation's elites can't seem to stop making war -- and seven ways to turn things around.
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