By Staff 10/29/06 8:01am

The Times States There Is an Israel Lobby, Then Demonstrates Its Strength

Hat’s off to the New York Times. Yesterday’s front-page profile of Philip Zelikow, a top aide to Condoleeza (help me, spellcheck) Rice and the head of the 9/11 Commission, referred baldly to a fundamental divide among policymakers between “realists” (Zelikow) and “neoconservatives and the pro-Israel lobby.” This is great news. The Times accepts the Read More

By Staff 4/19/05 5:22pm

But Wasn’t That Fun?

Bob Kerrey’s latest:

“I am not running for the Mayor of New York City, nor do I intend to be a candidate.

“I seriously considered a run for the office because as a New Yorker, a parent, an employer and a former member of the 9/11 Commission, I have deep concerns about the future of Read More

By Staff 3/10/05 2:55pm

Speaking Truth to Power

Kudos to Jim Dwyer and Kevin Flynn, two of the Times’s most-dogged reporters (and our old colleagues at the News), on their new book, “102 Minutes: The Untold Story of the Fight to Survive Inside the Twin Towers.”

Last night, at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, they talked about the best-seller in front Read More