TimesWatch

James Risen Raises Hell, Claims Bush, 'Right Wing Bloggers' Out to Get Him for Wrecking Anti-Terror Programs

Times reporter and anti-terrorist-program-wrecker James Risen, sensitive to "right wing" hate mail: "In 2006, I was awarded the Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting, for reporting on ...

'Fiscal Conservatism...Comes With Its Own Costs,' Times Warns Indiana

Michael Powell and Monica Davey urge readers to look behind the curtain of Indiana's economic health: "The state also serves as a case study of the often large tradeoffs required to balance the ...

In South Africa, Michelle Obama's Very Presence Raises Hopes and Opinion of America

Celia Dugger: "The prickly ambivalence that South Africans often show toward the United States, which is often perceived here as an overbearing superpower, seems to have been suspended for Mrs. ...

Friedman Goes Sarcastic on Rush's Climate Skepticism, Confesses to Obama Vote; Anti-Obama Jews Full of 'Crap'

Friedman also said American Jews calling Obama anti-Israel is "pure crap," on a lively edition of Charlie Rose.

No Lefty Label for Rep. Dennis Kucinich, But Republicans Are 'Conservative'?

Reporter Jennifer Steinhauer: "But the disagreements over Libya have made for some odd bedfellows, including antiwar lawmakers like Mr. Kucinich and right-of-center representatives, as well as ...

No Liberals on the Supreme Court?

From an angry Times lead editorial: "Wal-Mart got what it wanted from the court - unanimous dismissal of the suit as the plaintiffs presented it - and more from the five conservative justices, who ...

Times Finally Finds a Place to Cut Spending: Afghanistan

The Times finally finds a place to cut government spending. Michael Cooper: "[The resolution] was nonetheless a remarkable signal of both the nation's spreading war weariness and the lingering ...

Happy Father's Day, Sperm Donor

Sunday's front-page brought us this joyous sentence, teasing a 4,000-word profile of an alternative family: "In Brooklyn, a single mother, her son, her sperm donor and his lover are helping to ...

NY Times Celebrates 'Euphoric Moment' for Gay Marriage in New York State, Cheerleads For Legalization

When it comes to gay issues, the Times tossing away journalism in favor of frothy anecdotes like Shaila Dewan's unjournalistic celebration of the possible legalization on the possible imminent ...

NYT's Front-Page Hit on Clarence Thomas's 'Ethically Sensitive Friendship' All Fizzle

3,000 words on Sunday's front page about alleged ethical questions surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas add up to...not much: "The project throws a spotlight on an unusual, and ethically sensitive, ...
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