It is axiomatic that we have a free press and our adversaries have propaganda. Perhaps the distinctions are not so clear. In totalitarian systems the state-run media are viewed as largely irrelevant. Consumers of news in dictatorships readily recognize their media as organs of propaganda. However, in democratic societies where force is not a convenient […]

For many in the privileged North or the First World, the Third World consists of beaches, swaying palm trees, tropical weather and exotic women. It is a place to get a tan and maybe learn a few words of Spanish, Tagalog or Indonesian. Much of our information and many of our attitudes are shaped by […]