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Linda Greenhouse's Self-Righteous Stand on California's Gay-Marriage Ban

Former Supreme Court reporter Linda Greenhouse lets down her liberal hair on nytimes.com in a column on California's Proposition 8 outlawing gay marriage: "Has anyone noticed that now that ...

Krugman's Evolving 'Conscience': Conservative 'On the Take,' Liberal Doing Similar Thing 'No Big Deal'

Paul Krugman double standard alert: Four years ago, Conservative radio host Armstrong Williams was "on the take" for being paid to push Bush's education agenda, but liberal MIT health care ...

Gail Collins Wakes Up to Democratic Problems, Lashes Out at Filibusters, Tea Parties

And now, a "Special Rant" from Gail Collins: "Why isn't 90 percent of the country marching on the Capitol with teapots and funny hats, waving signs about the filibuster?" Perhaps because most ...

The 'Deeply and Deceptively Interesting' Harry Reid - In Black Lyrca Stretch Pants

Adam Nagourney provides way too much information on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid: "He does find time, at least twice a week, to slip on a pair of black Lycra stretch pants to do yoga with ...

Verdict First, Evidence Later: Bankers Delivering Testimony on Hill the 'Lowest of Low-Lifes'

Fair and balanced coverage from Mark Leibovich of the financial crisis hearings on Capitol Hill: "The four bankers of the apocalypse strode into the room for the Congressional equivalent of a perp ...

When Race-Based Voting Is Just Fine

The Times spent much of the 2008 campaign fearing Barack Obama might lose the election because whites were reluctant to vote for blacks. But when it comes to blacks reluctant to vote for white ...

Zeleny Rides to Harry Reid's Defense Over 'Negro' Remark

Reporter Jeff Zeleny digs into the archives to give Democratic Senate Leader Harry Reid the benefit of the doubt on his "negro" remark: "Few would dispute that Mr. Obama is a far smoother speaker ...

John Schwartz's Annual Distort: Mocking Bush's Social Security Reform, Reaganomics

Reporter John Schwartz is making an annual specialty out of mocking Republican economic ideas in the paper's special Mutual Funds Report section: In 2005 President Bush's attempt at Social ...

Stolberg Marks 'Poignant' Departure of Another Liberal Senator

Sheryl Gay Stolberg had previously lauded defeated Democratic Senate leader Tom Daschle as "a man of decency."

Movie Critic Manohla Dargis Works in Left-Wing Iraq Talking Point in 'Hurt Locker' Recap

Thanks for the heads-up, Manohla! The Times liberal movie critic reminds us "that war is both dirty business (and often fought by the poor)..."
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