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The Times Finds Its Third "Grim Milestone" in the Latest Deaths in Iraq

The paper has used the same formulation in three out of its four commemorations of the latest 1,000-death mark in Iraq.

Uchitelle's Snide Criticism of Supply-Side Tax Cuts

"When Ronald Reagan ran for president in 1980, he promised to cut taxes in what seemed, at the time, a magical way."

Wonders Never Cease: NYT Calls Obama a Liberal on Front Page

Robin Toner looks at the voting records of Clinton and Obama and discovers that both are liberal.

The Times Finds Yet Another "Widening Gap" - Life Expectancy

Only the Times could spin an increase in life expectancy as a disturbing trend: "Life expectancy for the nation as a whole has increased, the researchers said, but affluent people have experienced ...

NYT: No Free Speech Defenders for Criticism of Radical Islam

Hair coloring as a sign of anti-Muslim extremism? "Geert Wilders's bleached-blond hair goes to the root of his character. For more than two decades, Mr. Wilders, the controversial anti-Islam ...

Times Can't Figure Out Why Media's Ignoring Iraq Lately

Could the surge and resulting decline in the fatality rate for U.S. troops have something to do with it? The Times gives five other reasons before even making the suggestion.

On Easter Sunday, Celebrating Obama's Speech from the Pulpit - and the NYT

"Television programs showed recorded parts of sermons by Mr. Wright, who is nationally known for his work in creating economic development programs in the inner city, inspiring many other black ...

Obama's "Unimaginable Step" on Race vs. GOP's "Under Cover" Racism

According to the Times, any popular GOP position is a stand-in for racial animosity: "Race did not disappear entirely from presidential campaigns; it went under cover. It lay buried in code ...

Peter Goodman's Strained Idea of an Economic "Slump"

The paper's newest gloomy economics reporter sees hardship in slipping sales of crab meat.

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