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Times Watch Quotes of Note -Preening Over Publishing Stolen Cables, Snooty Over Swiped Climate-Gate Email

Plus: Frank Rich's latest excruciatingly bad metaphor and his lament that "homophobia" is only a "misdemeanor" in Washington.

Shocker: Times Pays Conservative D.C. Newspaper a Crime-Fighting Compliment

Jeremy Peters praises the crime fighting Washington Examiner, a free D.C. newspaper with a "conservative bent." "About once a month, the United States Marshals Service in the Washington area ...

David Leonhardt: Obama-Care on Same Level as Civil Rights

The paper's chief economic columnist compares opposition to Obama-care to opposition to civil rights for blacks: "Nearly every time this country has expanded its social safety net or tried to ...

John Broder Warns: The Climate Is Coming After Us

Reporter John Broder personalizes the weather to foster global warming alarmism: "The climate itself was not waiting for the outcome of the talks. An analysis of average global temperatures ...

'F*** the President' From Democrat Ignored, But GOP's 'You Lie!' Excoriated

After taking great offense at a Republican shouting "You lie!" at Obama during his 2009 State of the Union, Carl Hulse devoted a mere seven words to a Democrat's "F*** the President" outburst.

NYT Shows Sudden Concern for Partisan Judges After GOP-Appointed Judge Rules Against Obama-Care

After downplaying partisanship of federal judges in rulings involving immigration and gay marriage, the Times plays up the fact that an anti-Obama-care ruling was done by a Republican-appointed ...

Talking Ants-on-Crucifix Art, Frank Rich Grieves 'Homophobia Is at Most a Misdemeanor' in D.C.

Frank Rich loses it again, defending in nasty and personal terms the ants-on-crucifix art on display at the National Portrait Gallery in D.C. "The incident is chilling because it suggests that ...

Art Critic on 'Ideological Strong-Arming' of D.C. Gay Artists Show: 'Difference Was Sent Back Into Hiding'

Art critic Holland Cotter did not approve of the removal of a video from a Smithsonian show featuring gay artists, and made it known in a pretentious manner: "With the exhibition 'Hide/Seek: ...

Body Image Battles at the Ballet

In a review of the ballet The Nutcracker, the Times dance critic caused a furor by suggesting the ballerina playing the Sugar Plum Fairy "looked as if she'd eaten one sugar plum too many."

Oh No, Europe Doesn't Approve of America's Reaction to WikiLeaks

Sophisticated Europe rolls its eyes at silly American concern over the WikiLeaks revelations. The Times takes Europe's side, seeing the concern as a betrayal of American ideals neither the Times ...
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