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Times Watch Quotes of Note: Stop Spending Cuts or People Will 'Starve to Death'

Plus: Pulitzer Prize-winning economics writer David Leonhardt has a brilliant solution to all budget problems: Tax hikes. And "Mr. Obama knows his hoops."

The Times Just Keeps Getting the Max Cleland Ad Wrong

Jackie Calmes: "For many actual Democrats, Mr. Chambliss remains negatively defined by his 2002 defeat of Senator Max Cleland, a triple-amputee veteran of Vietnam, after a campaign that included ...

The Times Just Keeps Getting the Max Cleland Ad Wrong

Jackie Calmes: "For many actual Democrats, Mr. Chambliss remains negatively defined by his 2002 defeat of Senator Max Cleland, a triple-amputee veteran of Vietnam, after a campaign that included ...

The NYT's Tale of Two Medicare Plans: Obama's Painless 'Savings' vs. the GOP's 'Shrinking'

According to New York Times reporter Jackie Calmes, Obama will find harmless "savings" in Medicare, while the GOP threatens to "shrink" the program: "The Republican plan includes a shrinking of ...

A Tale of Two Medicare Plans: Obama's Painless 'Savings' vs. the GOP's 'Shrinking'

In Jackie Calmes' telling, President Obama will find harmless "savings" in Medicare, while the GOP threatens to "shrink" the entitlement: "The Republican plan includes a shrinking of Medicare and ...

Calmes Declares GOP 'So Far to the Right' on Risky Budget Cutting

Jackie Calmes on the risky Republican budget put forward by Rep. Paul Ryan: "By its mix of deep cuts in taxes and domestic spending, and its shrinkage of the American safety net, the plan sets the ...

NYT Leads With Optimism Based on 8.8% Joblessness: 'A Lift for Obama...White House Warns G.O.P.'

Michael Powell's lead story: "The president and his fellow Democrats pointed to the latest jobs report on Friday...as evidence that their policies, like stimulus spending and the payroll tax cut, ...

New York Times on Obama: Now a Hero in Brazil, Too

Obama, the savior of Latin America: "But Mr. Obama, on the second day of a five-day tour of Latin America, once again seemed to sidestep mentioning his own racial background in appearances here, ...

Obama: Now a Hero in Brazil, Too

Obama, the savior of Latin America: "But Mr. Obama, on the second day of a five-day tour of Latin America, once again seemed to sidestep mentioning his own racial background in appearances here, ...

Slow News Day? Obama White House 'Happier Workplace' Thanks to New Team

Jackie Calmes tackles the tough stories: "Nonetheless, staff members describe a happier workplace with clearer lines of authority and less fear of being chided by the often brusque Mr. Emanuel. ...
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