TimesWatch

Food Stamp Use Near Record Thanks to "Vanishing Jobs"

What vanishing jobs? The unemployment rate remains steady at a historically low 4.8%. But that doesn't stop the Times from talking about a "painful mix of layoffs and rising food and fuel prices."

Record Snowfall in Ottawa: Whatever Happened to "Climate Change"?

The Times has often made a big deal about global warming's threat to snowfall and, consequently, ski resorts. But when Ottawa approaches record snowfall, weather is just weather.

An Economic Reporter's Wacky Idea of Utopia: Let Government Spend Even More

Eduardo Porter: "But philanthropy allows [Americans] to target spending on those they personally believe are deserving, instead of allowing the government to choose....Politicians, from Richard ...

NYT Reporter Hits "Hard-Hearted" "Xenophobes" Against Illegal Immigration

Former Northwest correspondent Timothy Egan: "Begin with the rallying cry of those on the hard-hearted side of this issue: Build the wall. Deport them all. No amnesty."

Critic Swallows Repellent Inanities from Leftist Artist Laurie Anderson

An odious comparison goes unchallenged: "'Homeland' deals partly with the loss of freedom in a security state and partly with the Iraq war and contemporary war in general. Ms. Anderson evokes ...

Reporter Lichtblau Accuses Bush Administration of Lying in New Book

From Justice Department correspondent Eric Lichtblau's new book: "The administration, it seemed clear to me, had lied to us" about an anti-terrorist surveillance program.

Still Strangely Soft on North Korea's Dictatorship

"The new South Korean policy, outlined by the new president, Lee Myung-bak, means at least a temporary reduction in generous South Korean economic aid at a dire time for the North..." No mention ...

No Criticism for Hillary's $$$ Mortgage Bailout - But McCain Plan "Like Herbert Hoover"

The Times clearly favors Hillary's expensive mortgage bailout plan to McCain's more hands-off approach.

The Times Finds Its Third "Grim Milestone" in the Latest Deaths in Iraq

The paper has used the same formulation in three out of its four commemorations of the latest 1,000-death mark in Iraq.

Uchitelle's Snide Criticism of Supply-Side Tax Cuts

"When Ronald Reagan ran for president in 1980, he promised to cut taxes in what seemed, at the time, a magical way."
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