Obituaries

Saluting Dick Darman's Tax-Hiking "Pragmatism"

Douglas Martin in the obituary for George H.W. Bush's budget director Richard Darman: "National Review, the conservative magazine, called Mr. Darman's work 'the most catastrophic budget deal of ...

Enola Gay Commander Dies - Times Cited Anti-War "Controversy"

The commander of the Enola Gay died, and the obituary writer for Paul Tibbets couldn't resist injecting historical revisionism, including criticism from a Communist newspaper in India.

On Death of Jerry Falwell, Times Talks Teletubbies

But the infamous debate over "Tinky Winky," the "gay Teletubby," was started not by Falwell but by gay liberals.

Halberstam's Death an Excuse to Dwell on Ominous Iraq-Vietnam Parallels

Dexter Filkins' tribute to a Vietnam War reporter: "During four years of war in Iraq, American reporters on the ground in Baghdad have often found themselves coming under criticism remarkably ...
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