Hundreds of journalists working in Pakistan, including the editors of several major national papers, got together in Lahore the other day to demonstrate against a governmental blackout of news channels. The blackout is the result of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Ordinance, which is being enforced as part of the emegency rule Read More
In the midst of the Iraqi civil war that missed happening and the Dubai port takeover that shouldn’t happen, the Bush administration helped midwife something very right that will have good effects for many decades. President Bush met with India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and welcomed India formally into the nuclear club. India was a Read More
In the midst of the Iraqi civil war that missed happening and the Dubai port takeover that shouldn’t happen, the Bush administration helped midwife something very right that will have good effects for many decades. President Bush met with India’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and welcomed India formally into the nuclear club. India was a Read More
I have been accused by baffled friends of perpetrating endless home renovations because I unconsciously crave discomfort.
The charge is not unreasonable. Since buying a small West Village townhouse in the fall of 1999, I’ve been working on it most of the time—not working literally, except for a little painting and cement and some grunt Read More
Every rare once in a while, a moment comes along that so
perfectly sums a mind-set, nothing’s left to be said.
Take the other day, when a Reuters correspondent phoned the
headquartersof Bush/Cheney ’04, looking for some info on “job quality”-an
oxymoron for millions since Jan. 20, 2001. Whoever took the call apparently
forgot Read More
The big story at the tail end of last year was Muammar el-Qaddafi’s announcement that he was shelving Libya’s program to build atomic weapons. He gave his reasons during a phone call to Italian president Silvio Berlusconi: “I will do whatever the Americans want, because I saw what happened in Iraq, and I was afraid.” Read More
“I had the feeling,” Bernard-Henri Lévy says, “that the 21st century really began with the collapse of the Twin Towers and the murder of this single man, Daniel Pearl.” Both are deeply symbolic killings. What’s more, he contends, the same forces behind both crimes are now planning something far worse.
“It will make 9/11 look Read More
Maybe it’s time to think about Daniel Pearl again. Not merely because he represents a different aspect of journalism, let’s say, than the one that has come in for so much attention lately. Not merely because he represents the very best and bravest. But because, in certain ways, the Daniel Pearl case is not closed. Read More
“Sir, what will happen between India and Pakistan?” The face in the rearview mirror bore the stamp of the subcontinent, as did the voice that had asked the question. But it was impossible for me to tell whether the speaker had come from India, Pakistan or Bangladesh-an important distinction, in this context. I played for Read More
There was no honeymoon for Howell Raines, the new executive
editor of The New York Times . Six
days after taking over for Joseph Lelyveld on Sept. 5, Mr. Raines -the paper’s
hard-charging former editorial-page editor and Washington bureau chief-was
tossed into directing The Times ‘
coverage of the terrorist attacks on New York and Read More
