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CNN Hails Zeleny's "Enchanted" Question: "Good Job, Jeff!"

John Roberts compared Zeleny's softball to hardballs thrown at Bush in 2004. Back then, the Times asked Bush if he had "personal responsibility" for the 9/11 attacks.

Hezbollah: Terrorists or 'Resilient Pragmatists'?

New York Times book reviewer Michiko Kakutani described how Hezbollah can be paired with Silicon Valley venture capitalists.

'Ethicist' Randy Cohen: Obama Is 'Competent and Not Insane'

As guest on Bill Maher's show, Cohen says he's a "huge Obama fan." Bush was "corrupt" and a "liar."

One Hundred Atheists in South Carolina: Front-Page News?

Whenever the secular humanists gather in a Southern state, it's time to wake the neighbors.

Tea Parties = "Group Therapy" for Angry Conservatives

Plus: Making Fun of Republicans Like Mocking the Mentally Ill

Harsh Al Qaeda Interrogation Blurred Difference Between Terrorists and U.S.?

Talking about the history of harsh interrogiation tactics, the Times is suddenly employing "Chinese Communists" as a pejorative and calling Communist Khmer Rouge genocidist Pol Pot a "despot." ...

Did the Times Bury an Inconvenient Torture Memo Story?

The paper relegated its hit Tuesday nytimes.com story, indicating harsh interrogation methods had proven effective in understanding Al Qaeda, to five paragraphs of a separate story in Wednesday's ...

Aww! Obama Tears Up Over Letters from Public

Reporter Ashley Parker certainly did a great job making Barack Obama look compassionate. Did Bush ever get the same treatment from the Times?

Witty Barney Frank, Meet Senator Al Franken

An article by Michael Powell awards the contested Minnesota Senate seat to Al Franken and revels in the anti-Republican wit of liberal Rep. Barney Frank.
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