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Obama Administration Determined to Usher in New Great Depression

Allison Kilkenny | Posted 10.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Investment Banks, Commercial Banks, Gramm-Leach-Biley Act, Economy, President Obama, New York Times, Timothy Geithner, Paul Volcker, Lawrence Summers, Glass-Steagall, Business News

Whatever one thinks of Paul Volcker, any amateur historian can see that he's right to want to keep investment banking separate from commercial banking.

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Moment of Clarity -- There's No Way That Is in Our Tap Water

Lee Camp | Posted 10.21.2009 | Comedy

Read More: New York Times, Lee Camp, Moment of Clarity, Tap Water, Clean Water Act, Comedy News

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Surprising Reaction to Times Layoffs: 32% Of Commenters Say 'We'll Pay!'

Glynnis MacNicol | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Richard Perez-Pena, Layoffs, State of Journalism, Bill Keller, Gawker, Drudge, New York Times, Media Decoder, Media News

Yesterday afternoon the New York Times announced it would be cutting 100 newsroom jobs, about 8% total, by the end of the year. To do so the paper wo...

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Double Standard for the Times; But Then Why Not? Bloomberg Owns This Town

Leonie Haimson | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York

Read More: New York Times, Mayoral Control, Monopoly of Power, New York Magazine, Michael Bloomberg, Double Standard, New York Pension System, Randi Weingarten, Bill Thompson, Panel for Educational Policy, New York News

In the mind of the Times, accountability for billions of dollars in tax funds for public education meant that one man alone, namely Bloomberg, should continue to have total control.

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New York Times Responds to "Liberal" Borrowing Policy Question...

Phil Bronstein | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Phil Bronstein, Media, Media News

I like the tussle of digital world commenting, as nasty and angry as it can get. There are also endless tips, suggestions, ideas and other useful things in comments sections that may be bad for the ego but good for journalism.

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War Fever at the Times: A Five-Day Log

David Bromwich | Posted 10.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Dexter Filkins, Cia, Eric Schmitt, Pat Tillman, Pakistan, David Rohde Escapes, David Petraeus, New York Times Magazine, Stanley McChrystal, New York Times, Taliban, Afghanistan, Lewis Sorley, David Rohde, Media News

Made nervous by signs that President Obama will not push for a bigger war in Afghanistan, the New York Times is showing what the rest of his time in office will be like if he does not cooperate.

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David Rohde: Held By The Taliban. Part Three

nytimes.com | DAVID ROHDE | Posted 10.20.2009 | World

Read More: Nytimes, Pakistan, Pakistan Taliban, David Rohde Escapes, New York Times, NYTimes.Com, David Rohde Taliban, Taliban, David Rohde, World News

A NERVOUS-LOOKING Pakistani soldier pointed a rocket-propelled grenade at our pickup truck in late January. The Taliban guard beside me loaded his rif...

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New York Times' SF Debut Gets "Liberal," But Applies to Borrowing Policy?

Phil Bronstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Phil Bronstein, San Francisco Chronicle, Media, Media News

The Times chose to invade our Western shore pretty much wearing panties and floaties instead of the full battle gear available to the national "paper of record."

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New York Times To Cut 100 Newsroom Jobs

AP | ANDREW VANACORE | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Newspapers, New York Times Buyouts, New York Times Newsroom Cuts, New York Times Job Cuts, Media News

NEW YORK — The New York Times said Monday it will cut 100 newsroom jobs and an unspecified number elsewhere amid industrywide declines in advert...

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NPR Gets in News Staff's Facebook

Bill Lichtenstein | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media

One has to wonder just what the editors at NPR will say if they are asked, "Is it OK to post a link to last night's Jon Stewart rant or to Frank Rich's recent editorial on my Facebook page?"

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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

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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David Rohde: Held By The Taliban, Part I

nytimes.com | DAVID ROHDE | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Afghan War, David Rohde Series, Afghanistan, David Rohde, War Wire, New York Times, New York Times Journalist Kidnapped, Taliban, Foreign Affairs, World News

THE car's engine roared as the gunman punched the accelerator and we crossed into the open Afghan desert. I was seated in the back between two Afghan ...

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Sienna Miller Is Less Promiscuous Than The New York Times Thought

Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sienna Miller New York Times, New York Times, Jude Law, Sienna Miller, Entertainment News

Sienna Miller is the subject of a profile in the New York Times this weekend, but the paper initially reported that Miller was more promiscuous than t...

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NYT Journalist David Rohde Recounts 7 Months In Taliban Captivity

nytimes.com | David Rohde | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: Mullah Atiqullah, Tahir Luddin, Islam, Taliban Commander, Gunmen, New York Times Journalist, Afghanistan, Pakistan, David Rohde, Taliban, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Hostage, Al Qaeda, New York Times, Islamic Emirate, Kidnapped, Capitivity, Asad Mangal, Media News

The car's engine roared as the gunman punched the accelerator and we crossed into the open Afghan desert. I was seated in the back between two Afghan ...

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Nicholas Kristof Talks About Sex Trafficking, Rape and Raising Kids

Mona Gable | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Sex Trafficking, Nicholas Kristof, Half the Sky, San Francisco, International Museum of Women, Nick Kristof, Media News

"People always ask, how do you do all this and stay married?" he said to the audience. Let's just say the books are easier to put to bed than the kids. "Books don't play you against each other."

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Nan Robertson, Pulitzer-Winning New York Times Reporter, Dies at 83

New York Times | MARGALIT FOX | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Nan Robertson, Media News

Nan Robertson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The New York Times who was widely known for her book "The Girls in the Balcony," which chronicled...

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Retire the 401(k) - Replace it with This

Eric Schurenberg | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Fidelity Investments, 401(K), Time Magazine, Retirement, Aig, New York Times, Erisa Industry Committee, Retirement Planning, Citigroup, Business News

Jilting the 401(k) to return to the old-fashioned pension, like going back to your spouse after a fling, is not an option. You need something that combines features of both.

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Boston Globe Sale Off: NYT Decides Not To Sell Newspaper

AP | BOB SALSBERG | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Newspapers, New York Times Boston Globe, Boston Globe, Boston Globe Sale, Media News

BOSTON — The Boston Globe is off the market. The New York Times Co. said Wednesday it won't sell the newspaper after all, following "careful co...

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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

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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It's Time To End (Deadly) "Religious Freedom"

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religious Freedom, Murder, Politics, New York Times, Religious Right, Fiath Healing, Politics News

Why aren't parents who kill their children for God not serving life sentences? Because of our crazy ideas about religious freedom that on so many fronts trump not just common sense but the rule of law.

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A Nobel Prayer

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, President Obama, Abuse, Henry Kissinger, Sacrifice, United States, Prophecy, Pray, Bill Kristol, Gandhi, Weapons, Rush Limbaugh, Commitment, Desmond Tutu, Presidency, Peace, Prayer, America, Foreign Policy, Muslim, Nelson Mandela, Nuclear Weapons, Nobel Peace Prize, Conflict, Martin Luther King Jr., Military, New York Times, Worldview, Israeli, Politics News

The vitriol against Obama's peace prize and "those Norwegians" who gave it to him is much deeper than the president's lack of achievements thus far; it is based on a fundamental clash of worldviews.

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Broncos Uniforms Through The Years (PHOTOS, VOTE)

Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver

Read More: Slidepoll, Broncos Patriots, Broncos History, Broncos Retro, Denver Broncos, New York Times, Broncos Uniforms, Broncos Throwback Uniforms, Denver Broncos Uniform, Bronco Uniforms, Broncos, Denver Broncos Uniforms, New Broncos Uniforms, Bronco Uniform, 1960 Broncos Uniform, Broncos New Uniforms, Denver Broncos Uniforms 1960, Broncos Uniform History, Denver News

Maybe it was just the magnitude of the game, but the retro uniforms worn by the Broncos against the Patriots on Sunday certainly drew a lot of comment...

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Designers Trade Publicity for Style

James Sanders | Posted 10.12.2009 | Style

Read More: Lisa Wu-Hartwell, Emanuel Ungaro, She by Sheree, Closet Freak, Lindsay Lohan, Paris Fashion, Bravo TV, James R. Sanders, Lindsay Lohan Emanuel Ungaro, Multimedia-Fashion-Publishing, New York Times, Paris Fashion Week, Sheree Whitfield, Estrella Archs, Real Housewives of Atlanta, Style News

Publicity is now very important to fashion -- almost as important as the looks that designers show. Is fashion is losing its way? Trading true style for publicity should never be 'in style.'

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New York Times Metro Desk Cancels Newspapers, Magazine Subscriptions

The New York Observer | John Koblin | Posted 10.12.2009 | Media

Read More: New York Times, Newspapers, Media News

The metro desk at the Times was informed today that all magazine and newspaper subscriptions have been canceled. If reporters want to check out the co...

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Why Michiko? Why?

Gerald Sindell | Posted 10.11.2009 | Books

Read More: Book Reviews, Michiko Kakutani, New York Times, New York Time Book Review, Books News

This week in the "Have You No Shame" department, I need to follow up on the N.Y. Time's proclivity to heap multiple reviews on pet books while giving zero coverage to thousands of other worthies.

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