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Romney's Tax-Cut Proposals Would 'Benefit the Wealthiest,' Widen the Deficit

"[Romney's] tax proposals...would largely cut taxes for the rich while driving down tax collections and widening the nation's deficit....Experts from across the spectrum acknowledge that the ...

South Carolina's 'Racially Charged Past' Emerging Thanks to Gingrich Remarks

Jim Rutenberg from Charleston: "But like the historic slave plantations that draw tourists on the outskirts of town, the legacy of that past has not been totally wiped from the politics of today. ...

NYT Makes Romney's 15% Tax Rate a Loaded Lead Story, Ignores Context

By paragraph three the Times had characterized the candidate's remarks as "likely to cement Mr. Romney's place as an unwilling emblem of the intensifying national debate over taxation and income ...

Times Reporter Again Hails Warren Buffett, the Liberals' Favorite Billionaire Investor

David Kocieniewski takes advantage of the controversy over Mitt Romney's 15% tax rate to again push for higher rates on the rich.

Lead Story on South Carolina Debate Crammed With 'Conservatives'

Also: Remember the "early promise" of moderate Jon Huntsman Jr.'s presidential campaign? Neither do most Republicans.

No Rest in Peace for Gay Rights: Times Mars Memory of Cracker Barrel Founder

Pushing gay rights in the obituaries: "Danny Evins, who created Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, a restaurant heavy on grits and nostalgia, expanded it into a $2 billion chain and then fought a ...

Bruni Forwards Supermarket Scanner Urban Legend About George H.W. Bush

Frank Bruni: "But he walks a tightrope, wanting to broadcast his success without seeming out of touch. A wealthy candidate's aides guard against tone-deaf admissions of privilege while opponents ...

Wisdom From Rosenthal's Sunday Review: 'Romney's Meticulously Cultivated Whiteness'

Contributor Lee Siegel: "Mitt Romney is the whitest white man to run for president in recent memory....He knows that he offers to these people the white solution to the problem of a black president."

Araton Says 'Sideshow' Tim Tebow Shouldn't Have Met Brain-Damaged QB After Loss

Hypocritical Times columnist Harvey Araton deigns to give a Heisman Trophy winning quarterback advice on both religious practice and athletic leadership, mocks him: "...the scene was a ...

NYT Public Editor Responds to Koch Industries, Laments Paper's One-Sided Liberal Opinion Slant

Writing on the hostility to Koch Industries that dominates the paper's opinion and critical writing, Public Editor Arthur Brisbane admitted he "would be happier if The Times had a more diverse ...
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