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Worried Lauer Asks Bill Clinton if NY Gov Hurting Democratic Party

During a wide-ranging interview with Bill Clinton, on Tuesday's Today show, about his Clinton Initiative summit, NBC's Matt Lauer wanted to get the former President's advice on whether current New ...

Times Science Writer Flouts Media Wisdom on Life Expectancy, Socialized Medicine

Science writer John Tierney finds other reasons besides lack of socialized medicine for America's low life expectancy compared to Europe: We used to smoke a lot more, for one.

"Civil Libertarians" NYT's New Euphemism for Liberals

Legal reporter Charles Savage breaks it out several times in a story to describe opposition to provisins of the Patriot Act. Savage uncovered no "liberal" opponents but did locate "fierce ...

Letterman Glows to Obama: 'I Can't Tell You How Satisfying It Is to Watch You Work'

David Letterman, who still regularly ridicules former President George W. Bush, didn't hide his affinity for Barack Obama during his Monday night Late Show interview of the President. "I can't ...

Be Green, Use a Condom -- Dobbs Contends 'High-Bound Orthodoxies' Prevent Theory from Being Mainstream

CNN segment follows up on a story that suggests population control is more effective helping the environment than greenhouse gas reduction.

Perez Hilton: Coarsening the Culture One Blog Post at a Time

The media embrace him and Hollywood appeases him. But Hilton is nothing more than a vulgar cyber-bully.

Alternet: Christians are the Real Haters

According to Frank Schaeffer, evangelical Christianity is to blame for anti-Obama racism.

Peter Goodman Faults America's "Faith in Unfettered Markets" and Horatio Alger-Optimism

Times economics reporter Peter Goodman again laments the American "faith in unfettered markets" and wonders if the country will revert to "Casino America" after the financial crisis recedes.

We'll Bleat Again: Alan Cowell Comes Out Against Afghan War in Vera Lynn Tribute

Reporter Alan Cowell can't pay tribute to Britain's World War II songstress Vera Lynn without bringing up the war in Afghanistan where Britain is "leeching the lives of the soldiers it sends there."

CBS's Greenfield: Is Right-Wing 'Militancy' A Dilemma for GOP?

Reporting for CBS's Sunday Morning, political analyst Jeff Greenfield wondered about the impact of nationwide ant-Obama protests: "Does this new militancy on the Right pose an opportunity for the ...