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Bai Warns GOP Not to be Too 'Virulently Anti-Washington and Anti-Obama' if They Want to Win in 2012

Matt Bai warns Republicans from being too angry and "anti-Washington" if they want to get elected in 2012. Didn't it work pretty well in 2010? "The main lesson Republicans might take from this ...

William McGowan's 'Gray Lady Down': A Devastating Critique of the New York Times

Author McGowan is not a boycotter or enemy of the Times, but longs for a much better version of the Times than is being produced by the current regime. His book "Gray Lady Down" comes loaded with ...

Linda Greenhouse, Still Fighting the Abortion Wars

The paper's long-time Supreme Court reporter and pro-choice marcher is still keeping up the fight on abortion, decrying racially inflammatory rhetoric, yet lighting into "white activists" for ...

Times Sympathizes With Radical Muslim Campus Group That Shouted Down Speaker

The Times has never been overly concerned about the free speech rights of campus conservatives. Yet today the Times rode to the defense of a Muslim group facing criminal charges for conspiring to ...

The Times Sticks Up for Earmarks Again

Newly minted anti-earmark conservatives are facing a backlash, says Jennifer Steinhauer: "Tensions are particularly acute in districts where new conservative lawmakers, many of whom criticized ...

NYT Gets Back on Amnesty-for-Illegals Hobby Horse

In a story lamenting the failure of the Dream Act, reporter Julia Preston puts an emotional liberal spin on legislation cutting off benefits to illegal immigrants: "Hostility toward illegal ...

James McKinley Again Calls for Tax Hikes in Texas

Houston bureau chief James McKinley: "Democrats said Mr. Perry and Republican legislative leaders, who have big majorities in both houses, are ignoring reality to curry favor with Tea Party ...

Zeleny Overdoses on 'Conservatives' in CPAC Preview

"In the wake of sweeping Republican victories in last year's Congressional elections, where Tea Party supporters rewarded candidates who pledged to uphold fiscally conservative principles and ...

Taranto Tackles Times' Hate-Speech Hypocrisy

James Taranto tackles the Times endorsement of a left-wing group and it's blatant hate-speech hypocrisy: "By the Times's standards, surely it is legitimate to hold Common Cause, and particularly ...

Brian Stelter Praises Anti-American Network Al Jazeera for Seizing Opportunity in Egypt

Times media reporter Brian Stelter: "...as recently as Friday the conservative Fox News commentator Bill O'Reilly branded Al Jazeera as 'anti-America.' But that view has been largely drowned out ...
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