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Blow Says No to Conservative Talk After Tussling With Laura Ingraham Over 'Minstrel Show' Smear

Charles Blow conducts a testy interview with host Laura Ingraham in which he admits he saw no "overt racism" at the Tea Party he attended, and refused to explain why he still accused minority Tea ...

Hmm....Blame Descendants of 'Radical Free Market' Norsemen for Crash of 2008?

Blame those lousy descendants of Vikings for the crash of 2008, says reporter Kirk Semple reporting from the Iceland volcano.

Frank Rich Repelled By Criticism of His Sliming of Tea Partiers as Racist

Frank Rich: "Most Americans who don't like Obama or the health care bill are not racists. It may be a closer call among Tea Partiers, of whom only 1 percent are black, according to last week's ...

Friedman Takes on the 'Ignorant Ramblings of Sarah Palin,' Other Conservatives

Thomas Friedman doesn't miss a chance: "Our national debate today is dominated by the ignorant ramblings of Sarah Palin, talk-show lunatics, tea parties and politics as sports..."

Charles Blow: Black Tea Partiers Engaged in a 'Political Minstrel Show'

Columnist Charles Blow trods some highly questionable ground when insulting black Tea Party activists: "...I saw a political minstrel show devised for the entertainment of those on the rim of ...

Zernike Slams an 'Angry' White, Male, Reactionary Tea Party Movement Mired in the Past

Reporter Kate Zernike on the reactionary Tea Party movement: "They tend to be white and male, with a disproportionate number above 45, and above 65. Their memories are of a different time, when ...

I See Naked People: Times Feels the Pain of 'Modern Art' Exhibitionists

The Times engaged in promoting a very tabloidish display of exhibitionism on Friday's front page.

Hulse Lets Clinton Smear Tea Party Protests as Lighting Fuse for Next Oklahoma City Bombing

Carl Hulse lets Bill Clinton suggest Tea Party protesters may be lighting the fuse for another Oklahoma City bombing: "The pitched attacks by some Republicans and conservatives during the health ...

'Senegal Urged to Rein In Religious Schools' - But What Religion Are We Talking About?

Adam Nossiter manages to write a story about children in Islamic religious schools in Senegal forced to beg in the streets without describing the religion in question: Islam.

Timothy Egan: Not a Single Liberal on the 'Extreme' Supreme Court? Really?

Former reporter Egan takes on the "extreme" Supremes: "This court, activist conservative in the extreme, has never met a corporation it has not coddled, nor a prosecution argument that does not ...
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