Gaffes

Frank Rich Unleashes His Inner (Snore) Bob Herbert, Lashes Out at '80s Greed

Frank Rich unleashes his inner (snore) Bob Herbert: "He must join the many who are talking about why the top 1 percent of American earners now take home nearly a quarter of Americans' total income ...

Kate Zernike Still Smearing Tea Party as Racist

Plus: Matt Bai blames nativist impulse against Ground Zero mosque opponents, and Obama critics long for return to a white and largely Christian nation.

Oops: Sen. Lisa Murkowski's 'Comfortable Lead Heading Into the Primary' Not Really Panning Out

Damien Cave assumes too much in Alaska: "...Senator Lisa Murkowski also faced an insurgent candidate, the Tea Party favorite Joe Miller, but after outspending him significantly she appeared to ...

The Times Gets Tautological with Tom DeLay

Huh? "Mr. DeLay, the Texas Republican who had been the House majority leader, crowed that he had been 'found innocent.' But many of Mr. DeLay's actions remain legal only because lawmakers have ...

ABC Links Dan Quayle's 'Potatoe' to His Son: 'Dust off the Jokes and Hold on to Your Potatoes'

Saturday's Good Morning America on ABC devoted a full report to former Vice President Dan Quayle's son Ben's run for Congress in Arizona, focusing primarily on perceived gaffes by both him and his ...

More Flimflammery from Pompous Paul Krugman: No 'Ad Hominem' Attacks Here!

Krugman has an announcement for his credulous Times readers: Constantly (and embarrassingly) calling a serious conservative politician a "flimflam" man is not an ad hominem attack; accurately ...

Zing! Paul Krugman Says Rep. Paul Ryan's 'Drenched in Flimflam Sauce' - But Own Source Disputes Him

The economist turned left-wing talking points parrot shows his way with an incisive insult by mocking conservative Republican budget-whiz Rep. Paul Ryan as a "flimflam man" whose work is "drenched ...

Which Way Is It?

The Times and the Washington Post don't seem to agree on the import of the leak of classified information on the war in Afghanistan.

'Population Expert' Paul Ehrlich?

An obituary for an alarmist climatologist refers to Erlich, author of the hysterical, now-discredited tome "The Population Bomb," as a population expert. In his 1968 book Ehrlich called for the ...

Frank Rich Rehashes 'Sadomasochist' Smear Against 'Passion of the Christ,' Buries Social Conservatism

Frank Rich put his original "sadomasochist" attack on "The Passion of the Christ" in someone else's mouth, and kept this box office prediction stuffed down the memory hole: "Indeed, it's hard to ...
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