The New York Times

Boulder Author Stole His Own Book

Boulder Daily Camera | Vanessa Miller | Posted 12.22.2009 | Books


A recent New York Times article about book thefts has the online community atwitter about one mysterious Boulder author accused of feeling a little to...

Going Broke in Albany, Part 3: Why We're Still Screwed

Will Schwartz | Posted 12.10.2009 | New York


Will Schwartz

I bet this Deficit Reduction Plan (DRP) won't last us through May. That's about six months before the next bout of calamity.

Did Carr's Column Mark the End of Manhattan's Journalistic Reign?

Maegan Carberry | Posted 12.02.2009 | Media


Maegan Carberry

In some ways this is an exciting egalitarian victory for the kids in Kansas who could achieve with a blog from a Wal Mart parking lot what Tina Brown and Graydon Carter built on glossy pages in the hallowed halls of heroic skyscapers.

The Mainstream Media: In a Horse Race to Irrelevancy?

Patrick Maines | Posted 11.30.2009 | Media


Patrick Maines

Hardly a day goes by without someone, somewhere, lamenting the prospective demise of journalism. But as shown by MSM coverage of major issues lately, that noble tradition is already long gone.

Media Downplays News About 'Troubled' Banks, According To Columbia Journalism Review

Columbia Journalism Review | Ryan Chittum | Posted 11.25.2009 | Media


The major business press underplays news from the FDIC that its troubled-banks list soared to more than 550 in the third quarter. The FDIC now conside...

Goldman Sachs Responds To The New York Times

Janet Tavakoli | Posted 11.25.2009 | Business


Janet Tavakoli

Did Goldman Sachs dissemble and equivocate in its responses to the New York Times?

Why We Dream And How To Rewrite Nightmares

Anne Hill | Posted 11.23.2009 | Living


Anne Hill

Brain wave patterns during lucid dreaming show a typical REM sleep pattern associated with dreaming, mixed in with patterns associated with waking awareness.

The Art of Rewriting The Holidays

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 11.18.2009 | Living


Dr. Cara Barker

"'Tis' the Season." The question is, for what? With all the stressors around, what might help this year as we launch?

How Budget Cuts at the Times Helped Give NYC Bloomberg III

Steven G. Brant | Posted 11.16.2009 | New York


Steven G. Brant

Why weren't Bloomberg's well-known plans for global business news domination a bigger issue in the recent mayoral race? There was a failure of reporting at the Times caused by budget cuts.

Our Public Advocate's Public A**-Kissing and Other Tales of Disappoinment

Will Schwartz | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York


Will Schwartz

Within hours of winning their elections, Bill De Blasio, our future public advocate, and John Liu, our comptroller-elect, each demonstrated their own distinct styles of ineptitude.

Broadway Revivals Founder on Brighton Beach

David Finkle | Posted 11.04.2009 | New York


David Finkle

Too often the only review that counts is the Times pronouncement via Ben Brantley or Charles Isherwood. This time Brantley's response was not what's known as "a money notice."

7 Huge Corporations That Have Seen Their Valuations Plummet (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.03.2009 | Business


A little more than a year after the financial crisis took hold, most of our 401Ks are still reeling. Since its peak in 2007, the Dow Jones Index is do...

AOL's Army of 3,000 Journalists

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 10.30.2009 | Media


Jarvis Coffin

The news last week that AOL has grown the number of journalists it employs - inclusive of full and part time, or freelance - to 3,000 from 500 since T...

So You're Thinking of Converting From Anglican to Catholic

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

In converting to Catholicism, you are really just switching over your "files" (ideas/customs/most profound expressions of faith) to your "Mac" (Catholic) "hard drive" (brain/immortal soul).

Jason Linkins

Internal WaPo Newsletter With Charles Pelton Interview Disappears From Web

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


Apparently, WaPo editor Marcus Brauchli was lying "when he told the NYT that he didn't know the paper's controversial corporate-sponsored dinner parties would be off-the-record." And guess what else?

What Did Washington Post Editor Know About Salons -- and When Did He Know It?

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media


Greg Mitchell

The New York Times carried a rare Postscript in Saturday's paper, raising questions about whether it is charging the top Washington Post editor, Marcus Brauchli, with not telling the truth.

Agent Orange in Vietnam: Ignoring the Crimes Before Our Eyes

Dave Lindorff | Posted 10.16.2009 | World


Dave Lindorff

Missing from a recent Times article on American victims of Agent Orange, was a single mention of the far larger number of victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam: the Vietnamese.

The Proof of the Pudding is in the ... Performing?

Margarita Alarcon | Posted 12.02.2009 | World


Margarita Alarcon

Cubans in favor of a path to greater understanding and engagement will have have to welcome the New York Philharmonic on another date.

News Viewers: Fox -- News Users: CNN

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.01.2009 | Media


Reese Schonfeld

The full third quarter cable news ratings are in, and nothing has changed very much. Fox News still has more viewers than CNN and MSNBC combined.

A List In Response To A News Story: Take my Cats, Please...Seriously. I Want to Freak Out.

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.19.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

My cats or my future baby?: Barf on the floor; Pee on the floor; Has a brain larger than a handful of grapes; Not freak out when I want to dress it in a cute outfit; Not be covered in hair; Love me back.

Older Entrepreneurs and the Great Recession

Mark Miller | Posted 11.16.2009 | Business


Mark Miller

Many boomers are burned out on big companies and want to try their hand running their own show before they hang it up for good.

New York Times Malware: Bad Ad On NYTimes.com

AllThingsD | Peter Kafka | Posted 11.13.2009 | Media


Here's a front page story the New York Times (NYT) would rather not be running: The paper is warning readers to be aware of bogus ads running on its ...

Eat Now, Pay Later. But Who Is Paying and for What? Police the Potato Chips!

Helene Pavlov | Posted 10.18.2009 | Living


Helene Pavlov

Why, in a time when all we hear is news about the trouble with obesity, are people NOT eating healthy?

The New York Times on Peak Oil - Don't Worry, Be Happy

Gabriel Rotello | Posted 09.27.2009 | Green


Gabriel Rotello

If the Peak Oil proponents are correct, it amounts to one of the biggest stories of our time, right up there with global warming

Peak Oil Agonistes: The New York Times Finally Comes Around to Where HuffPost Never Feared to Tread

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.25.2009 | Business


Raymond J. Learsy

At last, one of the great misnomers of public disinformation bordering closer to brainwashing has been brought to heel.