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Paul Krugman Sees Racism Among Town Hall "Mob" Protesters

Paul Krugman: "...the driving force behind the town hall mobs is probably the same cultural and racial anxiety that's behind the 'birther' movement....it's a strategy that has played a central ...

Egan Says GOP Hates "Cash for Clunkers" Because They Want Obama to Fail

Former reporter Timothy Egan explains why some in the GOP are opposed to "cash for clunkers": "They hate it, many of these Republicans, because it's a huge hit. It's working as planned, and this ...

Dan Barry Defends Not Telling Readers His Homeless Hero Is a Convicted Sex Offender

A hobo story takes a sour turn as the leader of a tent city of the homeless in Rhode Island turned out to be a twice-convicted sex offender. Dan Barry explains why he left that information out of ...

"Chief" of Homeless Tent City, Romanticized by Times, Is Convicted Sex Offender

John Freitas, the chief of a homeless tent city in Rhode Island, was romanticized on the front page of Friday's Times. On Wednesday, after pressure, the Times admits that Freitas is a ...

Birther Beliefs Are "False...Fringe," But 9-11 Truthers Part of an "American Tradition" of Dissent?

While those who question Obama's presidential eligibility are called 'fringe' and 'false,' the Times gave a respectful hearing to a convention pushing a far more incendiary left-wing conspiracy ...

Dan Bilefsky Still Hates Pro-Market, Anti-EU Czech President

Times reporter Dan Bilefsky warns that the pro-free-market, pro-Israel, Czech Republic president Vaclav Klaus "clings to national sovereignty" and may commit the "ultimate act of sabotage" against ...

Frank Rich Calls Out GOP for Racism, Dishonestly Links Sarah Palin to "Birther" Brigade

Sarah Palin's a Birther? Frank Rich evidently wants us to think so: "Obama's election, far from alleviating paranoia in the white fringe, has only compounded it. There is no purer expression of ...

Celebrating the First Lady, and the First Daughters Too

Hold the front page? Another non-news tribute to Michelle Obama from reporter Rachel Swarns, who reports that along with all the other fabulous things she does, the first lady is a great mother: ...

Reporter Goes Gay Bar-Hopping in Beirut

Ever wanted to know more about the gay scene in Beirut? No? Well it's there anyway, on the front page of the Times travel section, in a bar-hopping story by reporter Patrick Healy.

NYC Enjoys Historically Cool Summer, But Don't Dare Call It Global Cooling!

As New York City enjoys a historically cool summer, suddenly weather is just weather, not a sign that climate change is coming. But when regions suffered spurts of warmer-than-usual weather, it ...
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