Editorials

After Denying Obama Would Raise Taxes on Middle Class During Campaign, Times Calls for It

Times reporter Larry Rohter during the campaign: "Under [Obama's] plan, only individuals making $200,000 or more and families earning more than $250,000 a year, accounting for less than 2 percent ...

The Times Flatters Another Liberal Paper, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"In the 1950s and '60s, under Ralph McGill, The Atlanta Constitution infuriated conservative white readers with its liberal views, especially on segregation. Cynthia Tucker, the editorial page ...

Egan Exploits Gun Massacres to Call for Gun Control

Liberal reporter turned nytimes.com blogger tries to use his Western street cred to argue for stricter gun control.

GOP "Nativists" & Racists Against Illegal Immigration

The Times reaches back to the "racist Willie Horton ads" to suggest many in the GOP are racist extremists on immigration. And did you know the NRA was "extremist" as well?

Inauguration Hypocrisy: NYT Chided Bush Gala, but Obamans Free to Party

What happened to the paper's 2005 anti-Bush criticism of a "lavish inaugural celebration in a time of war"?

"Mr. Bush's Hard-Hearted Calls to Freeze Domestic Spending"

Special bonus insult in Friday's editorial: Republicans concerned about illegal immigration are "xenophobic."

Former NYT Editorial Page Editor on GOP: "These People Are Nuts"

Gail Collins makes this astute observation: "Meanwhile, the Republican far right has fallen into a remarkable snit over John McCain's march to the nomination. Rush Limbaugh is virtually gnawing ...

Times Says Free Market a False Idol

Simplistic liberalism in the news pages: "For more than a quarter-century, the dominant idea guiding economic policy in the United States and much of the globe has been that the market is ...

Proud Atheist Compares Saudi Arabia's Treatment of Adulterers to GOP on Gays

Eduardo Porter: "Belief in God too often spawns reasons to punish sinners - 'adulterers' in Saudi Arabia, gays for some Republican presidential candidates."

The Times' Hypocritical Cries of Verizon's "Censorship"

A lead editorial accuses Verizon Wireless of censoring political speech - but what about the Times' editorials that call for limiting political speech before elections in the name of campaign ...
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