GulfOilSpill

Tom Friedman Again Urges Obama Not to Waste Oil Spill 'Disaster,' Hits 'Our Addiction to Oil'

Columnist Friedman back in the saddle of his green hobby-horse: "His most important job, though, is one he has yet to take on: shaping the long-term public reaction to the spill so that we can use ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note - 'Mostly Peacefully' Means 'Somewhat Violently' at the Times

Plus: Linda Greenhouse attacks Arizona's "police state" with Nazi comparison, Times columnists see the "bright side" to the Gulf oil spill, and Rush Limbaugh's biographer is accused of "Stockholm ...

'Mostly Peacefully' Means 'Somewhat Violently' at the Times

Plus: "Crackpot" columnist Timothy Egan lambastes "lunatic magnet" Arizona, Linda Greenhouse attacks Arizona's "police state" with Nazi comparison, and Times columnists find bright spots in ...

Kudos: The Times Gets It Right in Lead on BP Oil Spill

Nothing vague about this lead to a front-page story: "Tensions between the Obama administration and the scientific community over the gulf oil spill are escalating...."

Gulf Oil Spill: Obama's 9-11, Says Tom Friedman

Tax-hiking columnist Thomas Friedman took issue with conservatives who claim the massive BP oil spill is Obama's Katrina. According to Friedman, it's actually Obama's 9-11.

Times Needles Obama on His Own 'Finger-Pointing' Over BP Oil Spill

"President Obama on Friday angrily assailed the finger-pointing among the three companies involved in the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico as a 'ridiculous spectacle,' even as his own ...

Gulf Oil Spill? Krugman Blames You Know Who

Left-wing columnist Paul Krugman blames the president's policies for the massive oil leak in the Gulf. No, not President Obama, but the one that left office over 15 months ago. He's also the third ...
Syndicate content