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Oil Embargoes, Sherlock Holmes, and the Russian Butler

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 04.21.2012

Read More: Russia Oil, Russia Iran Sanctions, Energy, Russia, Kgb, Prime Minister Vladamir Putin, Cftc, Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Oil Embargoes, Nytimes, Strait of Hormuz, Oil Speculation, Business News

The tumult and fabricated anxieties over Iran's oil supply give ample cover to an oil price veering ever higher -- prices explained away by the political tensions at hand. But the question needs to be asked -- what is really driving oil prices?

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Classrooms for Tomorrow

Joel Arquillos | Posted 01.04.2012

Read More: KIPP Charter Schools, Nytimes, 826 National, K12, David Brooks, 826la, NYTimes.Com, Schools for Tomorrow, Education News

The New York Times' Schools for Tomorrow conference was a discussion on how technology will continue to impact how children learn and how schools may change to accommodate this revolution.

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New York Times Announces Staff Cuts

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Newspapers, Nytimes, The New York Times, Jill Abramson New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Jill Abramson, New York Times Buyouts, New York Times Staff Cuts, Media News

The New York Times announced on Thursday that it is seeking to cut around 20 newsroom positions in response to an "uncertain economy." Times editor...

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Both Sides Now: Obama vs. GOP/Perry vs. Social Security/Reagan vs. Cheney

HuffPost Radio | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Nan Hayworth, Social Security, President Obama, Geneva Convention Against Torture, Cbo, Rep. Eric Cantor, George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Disaster Aid, 9/11, Jobs, Rick Perry, Drew Westin, President Reagan, Nytimes, Dick Cheney, Politics News

Mary Matalin and Ron Reagan sharply disagree on whether Obama was passionate or merely political in his jobs address, Perry presidential or just a "gunslinger" in his first debate, and author Cheney a brilliant strategist and/or war criminal.

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More Response to Westen's "Story" Theory for Obama

Carol Muske-Dukes | Posted 10.14.2011

Read More: Drew Westen, Obama, Carol Muske-Dukes, Nytimes, Politics News

What is the best and most enlightening and engendering Story that Americans should be listening to right now? Who gets to tell the Story -- and who listens and thus makes it Real, the Real Story?

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Should The New York Times Have Fired This Man?

HuffingtonPost.com | Katherine Fung | Posted 10.08.2011

Read More: Mike Albo Ethics, Mike Albo Nytimes, Nytimes, Journalism Ethics, Mike Albo Junket Ethics, Mike Albo, New York Times Ethics, Mike Albo Junket, Nytimes Ethics, New York Times, Junket, Mike Albo New York Times, Media News

A trip to Jamaica turned Mike Albo's world upside down. In October 2009, Albo had an enviable gig, writing the New York Times' "Critical Shopper" c...

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Japan's People Come Together to Ration Energy While We Continue to Pump Tankerful of Profits Into Big Oil

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.02.2011

Read More: Energy, TBoone Pickens, Congress, Nytimes, Gasoline, The Administratioin, Fukushima, World, Exxonmobil, Media, Big Oil, Opec, Business, Japan, Hybrids, Oil, Huffington Post, World War II, The Administration, N.y. Tmes, Detroit, Natural Gas, Green News

Given the market distortions at hand, it is time to set limits on the use of gasoline throughout the nation by mandating consumption ceilings that would apply to gasoline only, while alternative fuels would be unencumbered

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SUNY Official Resigns, Accused Of Giving A 'No-Show' Job To Former Senate Majority Leader's Daughter

nytimes.com | THOMAS KAPLAN | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: Suny, John O?Connor Suny, John O?Connor, Nytimes, College News

Mr. O'Connor agreed last month to take a leave of absence from his positions after the State Commission on Public Integrity charged him with violating...

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New York Times To Offer Online Classes

AP | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: New York Times, New York Times Online, Nytimes, New York Times Online Classes, Nyt, College News

NEW YORK -- The New York Times Knowledge Network and New Jersey's Fairleigh Dickinson University are teaming up to offer online courses in subjects ra...

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Blog Watch: Illegal Gaddafi Caricatures In Libya

doobybrain.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gaddafi, Gaddafi Libya, Libya, Libya Street Art, Nytimes, Muammar Gaddafi, Libya Gaddafi, Moammar Gaddafi, Nytimes Lens Blog, Gaddafi Cartoons, Libya Caricatures Gaddafi, Gaddafi Caricatures, Political Cartoons, Arts News

The New York Times' Lens blog has an interesting gallery of Gaddafi caricatures, artwork, and graffiti made to protest the Libyan leader and portray h...

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WATCH: King Philip IV Signs Autographs At The Met

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Royals, Nytimes, The Met Velazquez, Improv-Comedy, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Celebrity Autographs, Improv Everywhere, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, King Philip of Spain, Velazquez, Arts News

It is so humbling when royals take the time to meet and greet with lowly civilians. Especially when it is a fake royal signing unauthorized autograph...

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How Bardella, Issa and Politico Gave Mark Leibovich the Perfect Washington Story

Alex Becker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nytimes, Kurt Bardella Darrell Issa, Politico, Mark Leibovich, Darrell Issa, John F. Harris, Kurt Bardella, Media News

Politico's own reaction provides revealing insight into how Washington's must-read source for political news operates and views itself within the greater media scene.

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Old New York Times Office Now A Bowling Alley

nytimes.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bowling, Times Square, Nytimes, Bowlmor Lanes, The New York Times, Midtown, New York Times, NY Real Estate, New York News

At the dawn of last century The Times left Printing House Square, near City Hall, for a new tower in a modest uptown stretch that soon came to be know...

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Times' Brooklyn Brewery Typo Leads To Huge Coney Backlash

Grub Street New York | By: | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: NY Restaurants, City Room, The New York Times, Nytimes, Coney Island, Brooklyn Brewery, Beer, Typo, City Room Blog, Times, New York News

Yesterday the Times' City Room blog reported that Brooklyn Brewery was rumored to be negotiating to open a beer hall in Phony Island -- which is what ...

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New York Times SUING The N.Y.P.D.

nytimes.com | JAMES BARRON | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Foil, Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Information Act, New York Times, Nytimes, Nypd, Ny Times Nypd, Ny News, New York News

The New York Times has sued the New York Police Department, saying the department had routinely violated a state law that requires government agencies...

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You're Not Going to Believe This But the Future of the New York Times May Now Actually Be Bright

Henry Blodget | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paywalls, Sales, Nytimes, Revenue, Newspaper Circulation, The New York Times, Nyt, New York Times Paywall, Media News

The crisis has passed. And The New York Times is now actually in much better shape than most people think -- so much better that its future might even be bright.

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What Should Google Do?

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Google, Nytimes, Consumer Protection, Technology News

As Google, Facebook, Twitter, and other private players come to be the law of the land online, they need to start acting like public players with Constitutions and Bills of Rights.

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Why Johnny Can't Read. Or Think.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Thomas Friedman, Computer Games, Growing Up Digital, Nytimes, Gamers, Internet Games, New York Times, Brain Science, Mcgonigal, Video Games, Video, Books News

These young gamers can concentrate, but only briefly. Their real skill: jumping quickly from one activity to the next. With predictable results.

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Who Says Our Way Is the Right Way?

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Internet, Education, Nytimes, Dyslexia, Learning, Blind, Auditory Learning, Recording-for-the-Blind-and-Dyslexic, Dyslexic Learning, Education News

Dyslexic and blind students understand better than the textually oriented among us how to learn through hearing. We call that a disability. I think it may soon be seen as an advantage.

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Mr. Buffett's New York Times' Op-Ed. Thank You We Feel Better Now

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.13.2011

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Hank Paulson, Nytimes, Tim Geithner, Abacus, Warren Buffett, Financial Crisis, Ben Bernanke, Congressional Hearings, Sheila Bair, Moody's, Business News

Today the readers of the NYT were regaled with Warren Buffett's Op-Ed expressing his admiration and appreciation for the great good work performed by our government in rallying to Wall Street's rescue. The Financial Crisis is replete with ironies.

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Overprogrammed and Out-of-Touch: Why Picture Books Aren't Good Enough

Zak Kukoff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Schools, NYTimes.Com, Nytimes, Book Fair, Reading, Learning, Picture Books, Education News

When students are forced to put down the books they find interesting, they start to associate reading with discomfort and even blandness, depriving them of a lifelong love of reading.

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Who Will Rescue Our Kids From Bullies?

John Merrow | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Learning Matters, Education, Nytimes, Cyberbullying, Bullying, John Merrow, Suicide, Bernice Sandler, Schools, Tyler Clementi, Education News

We don't have the luxury of standing on the sidelines on this one, not parents and not school administrators either.

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My Dad is in the NYTIMES! Oh #$%^!

Gotham Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Global News, Muhammad, Nytimes, Mallika Chopra, Mosque, Prophet Mohammed, Ground Zero, Deepak Chopra, Religion News

A little over a week ago, we got word that the NYTIMES wanted to interview my father in part on his upcoming fiction book on Muhammed, A Story of the ...

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What the New York Times Missed About "20-Somethings"

David D. Burstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: David Burstein, Young People, Youth, Nytimes, Gen Y, Ohio, Millennials, Generation, New York Times, 20somethings, Pragmatic Idealism, Millennial Generation, Recession, Gen Next, Wilmington, Impact News

The New York Times article, "What Is It About 20-Somethings" has missed the amazing success stories of so many in this generation, and the unprecedented levels of accomplishment and achievement of so many of its members.

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As It Meets, Time to Make OPEC Understand Access To Our Market Can No Longer Be Taken For Granted

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Oil, King Abdullah, Chavez, Hezbollah, Opec, Nytimes, Crude Oil Prices, Crude Oil, Business News

The US market for oil should no longer be available to all suppliers irrespective of their adversarial policies and their pricing strategies.

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