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Meet Barack Obama, Newly Minted Budget Hero

Suddenly, Barack Obama is a budgetary hero and Republicans are the timid ones. The opening to Mark Landler's front-page story: "President Obama tried on Sunday to revive the chances for a sweeping ...

Former Columnist Bob Herbert Tells Rachel Maddow 'Macho,' 'Violent' American Culture Ruining Politics of Crime

No politician would dare oppose too passionately the death penalty because America is too primitive.

People Who Live in Grass Houses...

An author remembers her experiment in Third World living in Bali, where she felt "colonial" seeking a cheap nanny to watch her "sponge."

Mangling Mitt Romney's 'Flip-Flop' on Economic Progress Under Obama

Fueled by Democratic press releases, the Times harps on an alleged flub by Republican front-runner Mitt Romney: "And in the past few days, [focus] has revolved around three words in particular: ...

Brooks' Vicious, Anti-GOP 'Mother of All No-Brainers' Column Gets Mother of All Corrections

Other than that, brilliant, Mr. David Brooks: "An earlier version of this column misstated the amount of revenue increases needed in exchange for spending cuts. It is a few hundred billion, not ...

Frank Rich Takes on 'Elitist' Obama From the Left

Former Times columnist Frank Rich snaps at Obama from the left, from the front of New York magazine: "The bigger political problem is that a far larger share of the American electorate views him ...

Magazine Cover Story Lauds Notorious Sex Columnist Dan Savage as 'Old-Fashioned' Mr. 'Family Values'

A Times Magazine cover story heralds the explicit sex-advice columnist and gay activist Dan Savage as a "devoted husband" and "proud father," while marking his "great contribution to family ...

Meet the Editor: Leftist, Elitist, Communist, Socialist Bill Keller

A reader responds to Bill Keller trashing Sarah Palin: "Had your fellow media colleagues given Barack Obama the same treatment as you have given Mrs. Palin, no one would care for him either." ...

David Brooks Out-Krugmans Paul Krugman in Conservative Hate

The Times' idea of a "conservative" columnist accuses conservative Republicans: "The members of this movement have no sense of moral decency. A nation makes a sacred pledge to pay the money back ...

Times Writer Links Legal Woes of Lance Armstrong, Roger Clemens to Ken Starr, Bushies

Times writer Jonathan Mahler ties it all together: "When the first Balco indictments were handed down in February 2004, they were trumpeted as a blow for democracy, the sports equivalent of the ...
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