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Boehner's Big Gift to the Drug Industry

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Herbert, Health Care Reform, Medical Errors, Tort Reform, Drug Industry, John Boehner, Medical Malpractice, Transparency, Politics News
Joanne Doroshow

It's always fun to see what politicians try to bury in fine print. Take, for example, the several hundred-page House Republican health care bill introduced by Mr. Boehner Of Ohio.

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Bob Herbert: Why "Too Big To Fail" Is A Bailout For The Rich

nytimes.com | BOB HERBERT | Posted 10.20.2009 | Business

Read More: Bob Herbert, Financial Crisis, Deficit, Wall Street, Too Big to Fail, Business News

Why should the general public have to constantly worry that a misstep by the high-wire artists at Goldman Sachs (to take the most obvious example) wou...

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An Endless -- and Escalating -- War at Home, Part I

Wayne Trujillo | Posted 10.19.2009 | Denver

Read More: Five Points, Morrison Road, Denver Neighborhoods, Bob Herbert, New York Times, Drugs, Westword, Gangs, Inner City Neighborhoods, Lohi, Highland, Denver News
Wayne Trujillo

Once destitute, dilapidated and shunned, speculators and trendsetters now serenade the Five Points or LoHi neighborhoods, singing their praises to the tune of million dollar residences.

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The Remembered Cause of the Forgotten Columnist

Harry Moroz | Posted 10.14.2009 | Media

Read More: Bob Herbert, New York Times, Unemployment, Washington Monthly, Cities, T.A. Franks, Urban Policy, Media News
Harry Moroz

Focusing on the benefits of city living seem to obscure with a rosy tint the issues of crime and poverty, not to mention access and tolerance and equity, with which Bob Herbert wants us to reengage.

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Trial by Firefight

Rob Fishman | Posted 10.07.2009 | Media

Read More: Supreme Court, David Grann, Time Magazine, Npr, Crosicana Daily Sun, Justice Department, Sam Bassett, Innocence Project, Slate, Msnbc, Executions, Kevin Spacey, New Yorker, Barry Scheck, Sandra Day O'Connor, John Bradley, Walter Cronkite, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Bob Herbert, The Life of David Gale, New York Times, Death Penalty, Rick Perry, Dalia Lithwick, Cameron Todd Willingham, Cameron Todd Willingham Innocent, Media News
Rob Fishman

It's clear that Cameron Todd Willingham was (mis)tried by a kangaroo court, but will justice be better served by the media zoo that's ensued?

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Tone Deaf? The White House and Unemployment

RJ Eskow | Posted 09.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Bob Herbert, Presidecy, Barack Obama, Roosevelt Administration, Tim Geithner, Economy, Larry Summers, Fdr, Wall Street, Recession, Main Street, Politics News
RJ Eskow

If unemployment figures are really "unacceptable," why is Larry Summers accepting the forecast -- and repeating it -- instead of telling us how the White House plans to change it?

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Young Workers In Free Fall: 1/3 Under 35 Live With Parents

Art Levine | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Unemployment, Economy, Bob Herbert, Afl-Cio, Peter Hart, Unions, Recession, Young Workers, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Art Levine

The future now looks particularly bleak, especially if the "jobless recovery" continues at its relatively slow pace, and union organizing remains blocked by opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act.

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Boys Bite Beast

Ellen Snortland | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Misogyny, Bob Herbert, Maureen Dowd, Nicholas Kristof, Gender, Gail Collins, Living News
Ellen Snortland

Women and girls need men and boys who are willing to articulate the injustice they see toward their mothers, sisters, daughters and wives.

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What if Those Crazies Are Right?

Stanton Peele | Posted 09.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Uwe Reinhardt, Stanton Peele, Unemployment, Health Care Costs, Danielle Allen, Robert Samuelson, Bob Herbert, New York Times, Washington Post, Barack Obama, Health, Town Hall Meetings, Politics News
Stanton Peele

Americans are looking for a bail-out from reality - some actions the President and Congress can take to restore the United States to its former econom...

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Rethinking the Fog of War: McNamara, the Movie, the Monster

Jonathan Kim | Posted 08.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Movie Review, The Fog of War, Nuclear Weapons, Vietnam War, Bob Herbert, Errol Morris, Rethink Reviews, World War II, Robert McNamara, Jonathan Kim, Film, Cold War, Movie Critic, Entertainment News
Jonathan Kim

Most of The Fog of War "lessons" reflect the powerful and painful humility of a man who knows he has made grave mistakes with graver consequences.

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Finally Facing the Michael Jackson Paradox

Jim Watkins | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Congressman Peter King, Bob Herbert, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Pete King, Entertainment News
Jim Watkins

He was a one-in-a-billion shooting star talent. And he was sick person. Like it or not, to give an honest remembrance of Michael Jackson, both sides must be considered valid.

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What Is So Outrageous About Paying Our Bills?

Larry Gellman | Posted 06.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arlen Specter, Taxes, Bailout Outrage, Right Wing Media, Rush Limbaugh, Bonus Outrage, Right Wing, Barack Obama, Tax Day Tea Party, Conservatives, Sean Hannity, Sarah Palin, Rush Limbaugh Obama, Bob Herbert, Religious Right, New York Times, Glenn Beck, Tea Party, Republican Party, Republicans, Arlen Specter Democrat, Politics News
Larry Gellman

I always thought that taxes were the way we paid our bills. In a democracy we have elected representatives who spend money on our behalf on things like defense, security, wars, bridges, and health care benefits.-

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Why Not Gun Insurance? An Invitation to the NRA

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Gun Laws, Gun Insurance, Bob Herbert, Gun Rights, Gun Control, Nra, Ralph Nader, Vince Bugliosi, Politics News
Gerald Sindell

Gunshot wounds directly cost some $2 billion dollars a year. Gun insurance would help with medical bills and funeral expenses.

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Name the Buildings Right

Edward Lifson | Posted 04.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Bob Herbert, Willis Tower, Building, Jesse Jackson Jr., Mayor Daley, Home News
Edward Lifson

The Willis Tower? I don't think so, pal. Some London-based company wants to rename our tower and Mayor Daley is going to let them? What has happened to our city?

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Are Americans Becoming Less Acquisitive?

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 01.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Bob Herbert, U.S. Economy, American Consumerism, Consumerism, Christmas Shopping, Shopping, Recession, Living News
Marlene H. Phillips

Standing in the nearly empty mall observing the lack of buying interest, I wondered if maybe the American way of measuring status by stuff and price tag is getting turned upside down.

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Sarah Palin and The GOP's Charli Baltimore Plan

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 11.22.2008 | Media

Read More: John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Wasilla, Gop, Cypress Hill, Karl Rove, Shoutout, Ronald Reagan, Eminem, Television Correspondent's Dinner, Rap, Karl Rove Television Correspondent Dinner, Karl Rove Rap, Keith Olbermann, GOP Southern Strategy, Lee Atwater, George H.W. Bush, Hip Hop, Rachel Maddow, Bob Herbert, Mr Magic, 99 Problems, Jay-Z, Lamis, Barry Michael Cooper, Baltimore, Media News
Barry Michael Cooper

Watching Palin sit through the SNL skit, it amazed me how politics and Hip Hop have established some sort of weird intertextuality.

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Sarah Palin Helps the Dems -- But What about the Ladies?

Elizabeth Gregory | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Ann Crittenden, Readiness, Fmla, John McCain, Women's Work, Kathleen Parker, Childcare, Bob Herbert, Fathers and Childcare, Hillary Clinton, Separate Tax Filing, Democrats, Living, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Breaking News, Politics News
Elizabeth Gregory

Will Palin's difficulty on the big stage set back the progress of women into higher office?

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Journalists of America--Your Country Needs You Now!

Larry Gellman | Posted 10.19.2008 | Media

Read More: Karl Rove, John McCain Attack Ads, John McCain, Media Coverage of 2008 Election, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, News Media, Steve Schmidt, Media Bias, Barack Obama, Andrea Mitchell, David Gregory, Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership, Keith Olbermann, Frank Rich, Bob Herbert, Paul Krugman, Wolf Blitzer, Media News
Larry Gellman

You remember journalists. They were the reporters and analysts who used to make sure that stories were true before they published or went on the air with them.

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Is Race an Issue? Are You Kidding?

Gordon Marino | Posted 09.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bob Herbert, New York Times, Obama, Race, Election, Convention, Barack Obama Racism, Barack Obama Race, Politics News
Gordon Marino

I have an Obama sign on my front lawn in suburban Minnesota, and as of two days ago I also have two cars marked with the large white letters "KKK."

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NYT's Bob Herbert Says Pro-Choice is THE Issue on Countdown

Scott Swenson | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, John McCain, Tom Ridge, Micahel Leavitt, Health, Bob Herbert, Hhs Contraceptives, Contraception, Hhs, Hillary Clinton, Joe Lieberman, Pro-Choice, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Politics News
Scott Swenson

Undecided women voters are the key, and pro-choice values are a significant advantage in 2008, according to New York Times columnist Bob Herbert.

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McCain's Race Ad

Ellen Feldman | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Harold Ford, Paris Hilton, Notting Hill Riots, Reality TV, John McCain, Britney Spears, Emmett Till, Bob Herbert, Scottsboro, Racism, UK Racism, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Richard Wright, Paris Hilton Mccain Ad, Obama Paris Hilton, Politics News
Ellen Feldman

The impetus for the absurd McCain ad was Obama's riotous European welcome. There is a certain irony in that as this summer marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Notting Hill Riots.

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Why the Left Doesn't "Get" Obama

Peter Clothier | Posted 07.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Bob Herbert, Bipartisanship, Election 2008, Jill Bolte Taylor, Barack Obama, Obama FISA, Obama Centrist, Obama Guns, Politics News
Peter Clothier

Flexibility and openness is Obama's way forward, and it's the kind of politics he has been championing from the beginning -- the kind of politics, let's remember, that had us all chanting, "Yes, we can!"

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Jason Linkins

Ferraro: Black Journalists Are The New Sexism

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jay-Z, Video, Michelle Obama, Geraldine Ferraro Comments, Shepard Smith, Obama Jay-Z, Bob Herbert, Fox News, Hillary Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro, Geraldine Ferraro Obama, Politics News

Geraldine Ferraro continued her campaign to get someone, anyone, to do something about all the sexism in the campaign today in an appearance on Fox Ne...

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