How the Western press distorts the Mideast (Part 2); Israel’s news management By James North March 16, 2010 23 The superb young Dutch journalist Joris Luyendijk was in for some big surprises when he…
How the western press distorts the Mideast (Part 1) By James North March 15, 2010 8 Egyptians are justifiably proud that Cairo is one of the safest big cities in the…
An article suggestion for Ethan Bronner (or his successor) By James North February 10, 2010 4 Here’s an idea for a good article in the New York Times — a profile…
‘Times’ serves up Israeli lies about nonviolent movement By James North January 29, 2010 10 The New York Times article on nonviolence in the West Bank is strongly biased. As…
Why Haiti is Poor (IV): the Aristide Failure By James North January 26, 2010 9 Some day, a Haitian writer (maybe Edwidge Danticat?), should do a novel based on the…
Why Haiti is Poor: The Elite (III) By James North January 23, 2010 0 In my last installment, my friend Milfort Bruno and I were in the Haitian countryside…
Why Port-au-Prince Collapsed By James North January 22, 2010 22 The contrast is still astonishing. 62 dead in the September 1989 earthquake in the San…
Why Haiti is Poor (II) By James North January 18, 2010 11 Two months ago, I was in the rugged hills near Cap Rouge in southern Haiti,…
Why Haiti Is Poor (I) By James North January 16, 2010 52 Haiti’s poverty has a number of causes, but to a great extent the country is…
Normal Life in Port-au-Prince By James North January 15, 2010 10 The news coverage of the Haitian earthquake is understandably showing people who are stunned and…
