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Critic Ben Brantley's Anti-Bush Theatrics

I must have been out sick those days: "The days when criticism of Mr. Bush could be censured as unpatriotic may be long gone..."

Times Soft-Pedals Anti-Israel Vituperation of Turkey PM

Turkey's Prime Minister wants Israel banned from the UN over Gaza and told Israel's president "You kill people." The Times ignored those quotes, suggesting Erdogan is offering "healthy criticism."

Even in Disgrace, Tom Daschle Still Has a Fan in Sheryl Gay Stolberg

Stolberg co-authored an article on Daschle's withdrawal from Cabinet consideration over tax woes: "Others said Mr. Daschle's situation marks a loss for Washington and the end of a time when a ...

Don't Trust Your Life to the Times

If Mark Twain were alive, he might have expanded his cautionary witticism: "Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint."

Cheap Shots: Bill Keller Takes on O'Reilly, Coulter, and Kristol

While taking questions from readers online, Executive Editor Bill Keller took on conservatives Bill O'Reilly, Ann Coulter and even just-released columnist Bill Kristol. On O'Reilly: "He's really ...

Anti-War Opinionizing Not "Exterminated" in TV Reviews

Neil Genzlinger finds an anti-war message in a reality show about pest control.

Is GOP "Skating on Thin Ice" Over Rejecting Obama Spending Bill?

Adam Nagourney chides new RNC chair Michael Steele for celebrating the GOP's "refusal to give Mr. Obama a single vote for his economic recovery plan - albeit in language that was perhaps a tad ...

"Obama-Style Optimism" in Governors' Mansions?

William Yardley found a "staunch fiscal conservative" governor, but no liberal ones.

Now They Tell Us: John McCain a "War Hero," Barack Most Liberal Senator

With Obama safely in the White House, McCain-hostile reporter Elisabeth Bumiller says the military preferred McCain to the "liberal" Obama.

After Being Dead Wrong the First Time, DeParle Hits Welfare Reform Again

Veteran reporter Jason DeParle criticizes welfare reform on Monday's front page, but has opposed it from the start: In 1996 he accused Bill Clinton of "seeking re-election with a bill that ...
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