Pakistan Reaction: Something dark is growing in our own backyard

By Mahim Maher
Published on December 3, 2008

For Pakistanis at home, the fear is more palpable. It is not necessarily fear of immediate violence, but of something much darker growing in our very own backyard. Initially, the tragedy had seemed somewhat distant, but then came the damning reports that the terrorists used a boat to travel from Karachi.

All the news that’s fit to neuter

By Marty Kaplan
Published on December 3, 2008

When the obituary for American journalism is eventually written, a milestone in the journey to its death rattle will surely be the column that The New York Times' ombudsman, Clark Hoyt.

AUDIO: The Jewish Bob Dylan (June 15, 1972)

Published on June 24, 2008

Bernard Timberg analyzes the songs of Bob Dylan looking for Jewish themes and imagery. KPFA-FM. June 15, 1972

Majority Rules

By Amy Klein
Published on January 25, 2007

Let me state for the record: I am a trendsetter.

This just in, according to no less an authority than The New York Times. Based on their most recent census analysis, more American women are living without a husband than with one.

Grass-Roots Level Campaign Coverage

By Bill Boyarsky
Published on July 15, 2004

The election analysis is all the same. For days, the political press was almost totally occupied with Sen. John Kerry's choice for the vice presidential candidate. When Sen. John Edwards was selected, everyone I saw or read had the same take: Terrific speaker; inexperienced; shady trial lawyer; fighter for the forgotten.

It was as if the journalists were afraid to stray off the beaten track or leave the reporting pack to have an original thought. Today's political reporting is a compendium of conventional wisdom. The motto of the press corps is: "On one hand.... And on the other...."

Now Hear This!

By Nancy Sokoler Steiner
Published on January 2, 2003

Welcome to Radio Sawa, the brainchild of Norman J. Pattiz, founder and chairman of the biggest radio network in the United States. Since March of last year, Radio Sawa (which means together in Arabic) has been broadcasting in Arabic around the clock in the Middle East, targeting listeners under 30 years old, who make up 60 percent of the region's population.

Radio Sawa broadcasts a mix of Western and Arabic pop music, interspersed with news updates and analysis, interviews and opinion pieces. Potentially, millions of listeners can access Radio Sawa via AM, FM and shortwave frequencies, as well as on the Internet (www.radiosawa.com) and on digital radio satellite channels.