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Oh No! Rich Texan 'Allowed' to Give His Money to His Children Instead of IRS

David Kocieniewski writes: "A Texas pipeline tycoon who died two months ago may become the first American billionaire allowed to pass his fortune to his children and grandchildren tax-free."

After Hyping Union Push to Defeat Lincoln in Ark., Times Plays It Straight After Left-Wing Loss

From the Times lead story Wednesday: "Mrs. Lincoln withstood a multi-million-dollar campaign against her from organized labor, environmental groups and liberal advocacy organizations from outside ...

Timothy Egan Calls Tea Party a 'Constitutional Wrecking Crew'

That's before the former reporter lights into the Republican Party and then the majority of Americans who support the new Arizona immigration law: "Poll-testing the Bill of Rights in a troubled ...

Now They Tell Us: 2007 Intelligence Report Declaring Iran Stopped Nuke Program No Longer Reliable

Reporter David Sanger discussed Obama making the case for sanctions against Iran and its nuclear program and mentioned the "great skepticism" around a 2007 report from U.S. intelligence claiming ...

Really? The Times on Obama's 'Buck-Stops-Here Philosophy'

Perennial Bush-basher Obama provided some conservative belly laughs when he told high school graduates not to make excuses or blame others. But the Times' Sheryl Gay Stolberg simply relayed ...

Times Again Covers for Left-Wing Honduran Authoritarian Manuel Zelaya, Ally of Hugo Chavez

Marc Lacey claimed: "President Manuel Zelaya was forcibly removed by soldiers at the behest of the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court and then illegally bundled out of the country in his ...

Elena Kagan Was Just 'Trying to...Chart a Centrist Course' for Clinton White House?

Sheryl Gay Stolberg examines some of Kagan's papers from her days as a Clinton adviser and finds both Kagan and Clinton to be sensible centrists, even on abortion.

Nagourney Finds Yet More Reasons for GOP to Worry, This Time in California

Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney moves to the West Coast but remembered to pack his bias, finding the bad side of California Republican Party candidates being on the strong side of a ...

Linda Greenhouse's 'Feelings of Relief and Joy' on Souter's Apparent Attack on Justice Scalia

The paper's former Supreme Court reporter floats away on a David Souter-powered steamcloud of joy, listening to the retired Supreme Court justice's Harvard address criticizing the judicial ...
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