So much for presumed innocent. Sam Roberts on Herman Cain's response to anonymous sexual harassment allegations: "But isn't the more fundamental question, that he has no one except himself to blame?"
To Eric Lichtblau, the left-wing Food Research Action Council, which pushes the misleading "food stamp challenge" publicity stunt, is merely "a Washington advocacy group working with religious ...
The Times conveniently blames "fringe protesters" for violence after an "orderly day" of marches. But just how "fringe" were the vandals and fire-setters?
Columnist Kristof: "So as we greet the seven-billionth human, let's try to delay the arrival of the eight billionth. We should all be able to agree on voluntary family planning as a cost-effective ...
Protest priorities at the Times? A single protester of a move by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer on Arizona redistricting garnered the second-most space of any photograph in Thursday's edition.
Maria Wollan for Thursday's edition: "Despite the disruption of work, the crowd at the port was peaceful." Many paragraphs later: "The mood at the protest remained jovial throughout the ...
Columnist Maureen Dowd: "Even Barack Obama couldn't be lucky enough to waltz past two wacky black conservatives, first Alan Keyes and then Cain. The Herminator was just a raffish passing fancy..."
Mireya Navarro: "As recently as the 1970s, the subject of population control was less controversial, partly because the baby boom years had given rise to concerns about scarcity of resources, some ...
"...Mr. Obama's order and others he has issued recently reflect his belief in the power of government to improve people's lives. By contrast, top Republican legislators and presidential candidates ...
