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Thomas Friedman -- Hasbara GrandMaster Or Elitist Dupe?

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Egypt, Jordan, Al Qaeda, Thomas Friedman, David Miliband, Al Jazeera, Nyt, New York Times, Lebanon, Obama, Idf, Cluster Bombs, The Narrative, Gaza War, Muslims, Arabs, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Taliban, Israel, Hasbara, Politics News
Sharmine Narwani

My mouth is fixed in a gape -- unable to correct itself after Thomas Friedman's pronouncement that for two decades, U.S. foreign policy has been dedicated to rescuing Muslims or freeing them from tyranny. Where does one begin, pray tell?

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Manhattan Declaration -- Who Are They Kidding?

Fred Karger | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, Mormon Church, National Organization for Marriage, New York Times, Fred Karger, Catholic Bishops, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Maggie Gallagher, California, Question 1 in Maine, Same-Sex Marriage, Manhattan-Declaration, Gay Rights, Maine Gay Marriage, LGBT Rights, Politics News
Fred Karger

Let's hope the Mormon leadership is truly softening its position on the issue of gay rights. It has been a huge PR nightmare for the Church and one that divides so many Mormon families.

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Banks Giving: Now That's The Holiday Spirit!

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Keith Bradsher, Socap, Australia, Julia Moulden, Thanksgiving, Banks, New York Times, New Radicals, Financial Crisis, Living News
Julia Moulden

How can a new breed of financial institution help bring our ailing world back to full health? How might we encourage the banks of today to start thinking like the banks of tomorrow?

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The New York Times' Best Books Of 2009

The New York Times | The New York Times Book Review | Posted 11.26.2009 | Books

Read More: Peter Ackroyd, Barbara Kingsolver, Best Books, Lorrie Moore, Books, Literary Prizes, Harold Evans, Sag Harbor, Wolf Hall, Margaret Atwood, Frankenstein, Jay McInerney, Holiday News, Ishiguro, Jay, Booker Prize, Cheever, Colum McCann, National Book Awards, Columbine, Karen Armstrong, Bestsellers, Ayn Rand, Notable Books, Open, New York Times, Jonathan Lethem, Alice Munro, Andre Agassi, Books News

The Book Review has made these selections from books reviewed since Dec. 7, 2008, when we published our previous Notables list. It was not easy pickin...

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Spending Up, Jobless Claims Down, But Still No Economic Recovery Yet

Posted 11.25.2009 | Business

Read More: Paul Krugman Nyt, Unemployment, Spending, Fed, Economy, Unemployment Claims, Paul Krugman New York Times, Krugman, New York Times, Federal Reserve, Paul Krugman, Jobless Claims, Economic Recovery, Consumer Spending, Business News

There's good news and bad news today for the US economy. The good news is that consumer spending rose 0.7% last month, according to the Commerce Depar...

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Swimming With the Sewage: The Distrubing Reality of the City's Sewage System

John Petro | Posted 11.25.2009 | New York

Read More: Waste-Water, New York Times, Sewer-Systems, Chicago, New York City, Mayor Daley, Green Roofs, New York News
John Petro

On Monday the New York Times brought us some nasty details about the city's sewer system. New York City has a combined sewer system, meaning that both...

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Healthy Lifestyles Neglected In Favor Of Pharmaceuticals

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Dr. T. Colin Campbell, Breast Cancer, Gina Kolata, Prostate Cancer, Dr-Neal-Barnard, Dr. Dean Ornish, Health, Living News
Christina Pirello

With all we know about nutrition's impact on health, to remotely hint that eating a healthy diet and exercising has little if any impact on reducing our risk of disease is irresponsible at best.

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Why Glenn Beck Could Be The Next Oprah Winfrey

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 11.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Adam Lambert, New York Times, Oprah Winfrey, Glenn Beck, Brian Stelter, Talk Shows, Lady GaGa, Media News
Glynnis MacNicol

Let the games begin! Now that Oprah Winfrey has officially decided to end her talk show the race is on to find her daytime replacement.

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Simulating Reality In The Facebook Era: If You Unfriend Someone, Do They Still Exist?

Marika Holmgren | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living

Read More: New York Times, Social Media, Living, Facebook, Social Networking, Dating, Unfriend, Unfriend Word of the Year, Unfriend Oxford, Living News
Marika Holmgren

I recently had a friend, with whom I've had an increasingly difficult relationship over the years, "unfriend" me. The "friending" and "unfriending" of people happens probably thousands of times a minute.

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10 Tips For A Sustainable Thanksgiving

Sarah Newman | Posted 11.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Sarah's Social Action Snapshot, Turkey, Sunset Magazine, Smart Water, Sustainable Agriculture, Paperless, Thanksgiving, Mark Bittman, Los Angeles, Sustainable, Orren Fox, Sustainable Thanksgiving, Coca-Cola, Food Inc., Water, Tap Water, New York Times, Takepart, Union, Green News
Sarah Newman

Preparing a sustainable meal can be a selfish endeavor; I guarantee you that it will be more fun, tastier and make for a good conversation at your table. However, it's also about our global community.

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Going Broke in Albany, Part 1: Explaining The Budget and How We're Botching It

Will Schwartz | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Finance, David Paterson, Politics, Mike Bloomberg, Medicaid, Budget, Pedro Espada, New York, State Senate, Carl Kruger, Albany, Public Education, Money, New York Times, Corruption, Mess, New York Daily News, New York News
Will Schwartz

If the Senate gets their way, in just a few years we'll end up having to gut education, Medicaid, and public assistance. In just a few months, we'll have to lay off state employees.

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John Mayer: 'I Should Be Having Sex With More Girls'

Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Times, John Mayer, Entertainment News

"I should be having sex with more girls." This is what John Mayer concluded, using slightly more colorful language, last Sunday night at his anonymous...

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US Debt A 'Phantom Menace,' Krugman Argues

Posted 11.23.2009 | Business

Read More: New York Times, Krugman vs. The Times, Krugman Phantom Menace, US Debt, Krugman Debt, Paul Krugman, Business News

The United States is borrowing trillions of dollars under terms that seem "too good to be true" just as a "spending explosion" on benefits programs li...

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Reporting On The Bloomberg Campaign: Too Little Too Late

Leonie Haimson | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Bloomberg Campaign, New York Times, Winning Margin, Bill Thompson, Michael Bloomberg, Garin-Hart, New York News
Leonie Haimson

Despite saturation advertising on TV, endorsements by all the dailies, and a nearly constant barrage of mailings and robocalls, Bloomberg's margin of victory was less than 5 percent.

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The Value of Water

Henry Henderson | Posted 11.20.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Asian Carp, Lake Michigan, Nrdc, Invasive Species, Pollution, Chicago River, Chicago River Sewage, Natural Resources Defense Council, Atrazine, Water Pollution, Water, Chicago, Great Lakes, Privatization, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Ballast-Water, Chicago News
Henry Henderson

The water rich communities of the Great Lakes region do not understand the nature and value of their most precious resource.

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UN's Goldstone Sent 13-Year-Old Boy to Prison for Protesting Apartheid

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: South Africa, Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, Goldstone Report, Human Rights, Gaza, UN Human Rights Council, Israel, New York Times, Goldstone, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

Prior to his work for the international court, Goldstone cut his judicial teeth on the bench of South Africa's Supreme Court under the apartheid regime.

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Gone with the Wind: Blowing U.S. Tax Dollars Off Shore

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Keith Bradsher, Cap and Trade, Russ Choma, President Obama, Washington D.C., Renewable Energy, Usw, Blue Green Alliance, Obama, Congress, Afl-Cio, United Steelworkers, Investigative Reporting Workshop, Iberdrola, China, Stimulus, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, Unemployment, Fossil Fuels, Buy American, Windmills, New York Times, Republicans, Windmill Farm, Green Energy, Green News
Leo W. Gerard

Washington has doled out hundreds of millions in stimulus funds to foreign renewable energy firms, which compete with and run all over fledgling U.S. firms that were supposed to get the money.

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Matthew Hoh, Daniel Ellsberg Discuss Aghanistan, Vietnam Wars (VIDEO)

Posted 11.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karzai, Afghanistan, President Obama, Vietnam War, Kabul, Obama, Daniel Ellsberg, Hamid Karzai, Afghan War, Pentagon Papers, White House, Brave New Films, Matthew Hoh, New York Times, Vietnam, US State Department, Politics News

Matthew Hoh and Daniel Ellsberg, recently sat down for a conversation about the war in Afghanistan. Matthew Hoh made headlines late last month when ...

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Congress: Protect American Writers and Publishers from Being Sued Overseas

Judy Platt | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: First Amendment Rights, Libel Tourism, Free Speech, Congress, Brazilian Law, Writing, Defamation, Brazil, Lawsuit, England, Funding Evil, Saudi Arabia, Libel, New York Times, Publishers, Air Traffic, Mahfouz, Books News
Judy Platt

Your book's been published in the United States for an American audience. Someone who's mentioned in the book doesn't like what you've written and sues you for libel, but he doesn't sue you here, where the book has been published.

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'Too Big To Fail': Andrew Ross Sorkin-Lesley Stahl Interview (AUDIO)

wowOwow | Posted 11.17.2009 | Business

Read More: Bailout, Lehman Brothers, Too Big to Fail, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Henry Paulson, New York Times, Banks, Financial Crisis, Lesley Stahl, Dealbook, Business News

Andrew Ross Sorkin is a New York Times financial columnist, the editor of Dealbook, a popular financial blog, and most recently, the author of Too Big...

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Newspapers Raided: Police Raid New York Newspaper Offices For Union Corruption Probe

AP | COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ | Posted 11.17.2009 | New York

Read More: El Diario, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, New York Post, Daily News, New York Times, Circulation Offices, Teamsters, Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union, Newspaper Raid, Newspapers Raided, New York News

NEW YORK — Investigators in the city raided offices for some of the nation's largest newspapers Tuesday as part of a corruption probe into a pow...

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Arnold Schwarzenegger in Iraq

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Empire, Chalmers Johnson, Nouri Al-Maliki, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Brit Hume, California Politics, Fox News, Governor Schwarzenegger, Kevin Phillips, William Greider, Military Spending, Iraq War, Baghdad, New York Times, Schwarzenegger, Health Care, Baghdad Trade Fair, Politics News
Joseph A. Palermo

Brit Hume of FOX News once compared Iraq's murder rate to California's to downplay the level of American casualties because the two places are similar...

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Letterman Mocks NYT For Cover Story On The Word "Douche" (VIDEO)

Posted 11.17.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Douche, New York Times, Letterman Douche, Video, Douche New York Times, Nyt, David Letterman, Comedy News

The New York Times ran a front page story this Saturday about the "douche" and its prevelance on television. "On many nights this fall, it has been ...

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David Brooks on Palin: A Profile in Cowardice

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.16.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Sarah Palin, David Brooks, Media News
Greg Mitchell

It was amusing -- if appalling -- to watch David Brooks yesterday declare that Sarah Palin is a "joke" and only qualified to be a TV "talk show host." During the 2008 campaign he believed the same thing but refused to put it in print.

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Malcolm Gladwell and the Case For Endless Self-Googling

David Quigg | Posted 11.16.2009 | Books

Read More: Outliers, The New Yorker, Book Reviews, What the Dog Saw, Essays, Writer, Steven Pinker, Gladwell, Tipping Point, Blink, Eigenvalue, Igon Value, Authors, Self-Googling, Algebra, New York Times, Malcolm Gladwell, Books, Books News, Google, Books News
David Quigg

I piled cringe upon cringe Friday -- first because I read Steven Pinker's vivisection of Malcolm Gladwell's new collection, second because of what I found when I Googled a flub Pinker wielded against Gladwell.

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