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A Moldy Bowl of Chile

The Times panned a play about Salvador Allende, the first elected Marxist in the Western Hemisphere back in 1970, but not so much the "dignity and idealism" of Allende's politics.

Times Quick To Promote George Allen 'Nigger' Charges

The Times was routinely slow on Clinton sex stories. But they were quick to find Democrats charging Sen. George Allen used the word "nigger" in the past - a very politically toxic matter - as fit ...

Hugo Chavez, Latino Male Oprah?

The Times saw Chavez's plug for a Noam Chomsky book as a light front-page feature - he's apparently a Latino male Oprah. Chomsky was a "luminary."

Iranian Tyrant Ahmadinejad "Flowery, Almost Socratic" Rants

Reporter Helene Cooper also finds the anti-American ravings of Hugo Chavez "colorful."

Nagourney Sees Echoes of 1994 GOP Takeover

The Times gets excited about its latest poll's good news for Democrats: "The disdain for Congress is as intense as it has been since 1994...

GOP "Narrows Immigration Focus," says Carl Hulse...

...but earlier this month a Hulse headline said the GOP had "Set Aside Work on Immigration" altogether. So is the focus narrowing or widening?

The Editorial Page Gets Hysterical Over Voter ID Requirements

"One of the cornerstones of the Republican Party's strategy for winning elections these days is voter suppression, intentionally putting up barriers between eligible voters and the ballot box."

Adam Nagourney: Republicans Are Doomed, Take 27

"Republicans face additional peril from a public distressed at a Republican-controlled Congress that accomplished little this year," and the intra-party tussle over interrogating terrorism ...

Fear Factor: A Times Critic on Judge Richard Posner's "Chilling Book"

Two law professor/bloggers are not impressed with Kakutani's "arguments" against libertarian Judge Posner's provacative take on liberty in an age of terrorism.

So Much for That Sophisticated Times Readership

When it comes to liberal hostility and paranoia, blog commenters at the Times give the Daily Kos kids a run for their money
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