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'Pugnacious and Boastful' Gov. Christie Left Education System 'Reeling'

Reporter David Halbfinger relays what unions find "most galling" about the "pugnacious and boastful" Gov. Christie's budget proposals. He displayed far more empathy toward Connecticut's Democratic ...

Tom Friedman's Taxing Obsession

Over the years columnist Tom Friedman has written on the costs of the Iraq war, the federal deficit, the threat of global warming, and the uprisings in the Arab world, disparate problems that ...

More Dreamy News Section Fawning Over the Dream Act

Education columnist Michael Winerip lauds a Dream Act activist, just the latest in a long history of support for the liberal legislation, that would provide amnesty for illegal students: "Isabel ...

Krugman: GOP Gov. Leading America Down Road to 'Third-World-Style Oligarchy'

Paul Krugman on Wisconsin: "What Mr. Walker and his backers are trying to do is to make Wisconsin - and eventually, America - less of a functioning democracy and more of a third-world-style ...

Sarah Palin, an 'Enthusiastic Birther'? Not Really

Joining the rest of the media in challenging prominent Republicans to denounce the "birthers," the Times overstates the facts in Palin's case. And where was the paper's outrage against conspiracy ...

Outside Conservatives in Wisconsin? Sinister. White House in Wisconsin? Shrugworthy

Double standards on outside political groups in Madison: Americans for Prosperity "created and financed in part by the secretive billionaire brothers Charles G. and David H. Koch." Yet "officials ...

'Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of Collective Bargaining Rights?'

Or maybe not so "inevitable" a question: "The parallels raise the inevitable question: Is Wisconsin the Tunisia of collective bargaining rights?" The front-page story also ignored the hateful ...

Nagourney Recycles Favorite Theme: Republicans Overreach, Face Voter Backlash

Adam Nagourney writes his favorite kind of story, about backlash against Republican overreaching: "But in the view of officials from both major political parties, Republicans may be risking the ...

Frank Rich Dredges Up Tucson Smear Against Glenn Beck, Sarah Palin

Frank Rich dredges up the Tucson smear: "Six weeks after that horrific day in Tucson, America has half-forgotten its violent debate over the power of violent speech to incite violence...In the ...

Times Watch Quotes of Note: Panel Host Challenges Executive Editor Keller on Front-Page Liberal Bias

Plus the "advocates for women's health" at Planned Parenthood, and Bill Keller tries his hand at stand up.
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