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Stop It, Mr. President, You're Making Us Look Bad! Celebrating the Obamas' "Date Night"

"A presidential elbow to the ribs of husbands" read the text box. Would an expensive Manhattan jaunt by George and Laura Bush during a recession have been given such gauzy treatment?

In Cairo, Times Decides It's OK to Use Barack Obama's Full Name

The Times flayed the GOP for saying "Barack Hussein Obama" during the campaign, but celebrates the president's middle name when it may benefit him overseas. Plus, Obama's effortless diplomacy in ...

Even Liberal Moyers Says NBC's Special Was 'Valentine' to Obama

Conservative talk-show hosts and bloggers have been hammering away at the gooey NBC News Inside the White House specials with Brian Williams adoring Obama. But Williams also drew fire from the ...

Bonnie Erbe: Obama Naming a Social Conservative Shows His 'True Colors'

In a post on U.S. News & World Report blog Erbe ignores history, complains about a low-level nomination.

CBS: Obama's 'Elegant Words' May Prevent 'Another D-Day'

On CBS's Sunday Morning, White House correspondent Chip Reid gave a glowing review of President Obama's overseas trip: "A trip laden with symbolism and elegant words, asking the world to look ...

Obama's Czars, 'Hand Puppets,' and 'Evil Despots,' Oh My!

FNC's Neil Cavuto attacks the 'lunacy' of Obama's czars.

Times Doesn't Recognize Hateful Protestors at Tiller's Funeral

Does the Times consider the viciously anti-gay protestors of Westboro Baptist Church (who have picketed the funerals of U.S. soldiers) part of the pro-life movement?

Newsweek's Evan Thomas: Obama Is a 'Brave,' 'Great Teacher'

On this weekend's Inside Washington, Newsweek's Evan Thomas lauded President Obama as a "brave," "great teacher" who "stands above everybody." These comments were only slightly less hyperbolic ...

NYT Continues to Probe Sotomayor's Racial Rulings

Legal reporter Adam Liptak hints that the decision Judge Sotomayor and her two appeals court colleagues reached in the reverse discrimination case Ricci v. DeStefano was flawed and unprofessional.