The New York Times

Financial Bailout = Patriot Act Redux: Under Cover of Crisis, the Republic is Lost

Pete Cenedella | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business


Pete Cenedella

Forgive me if I smell a similar attempt by the Republicans to ram a lopsided, ready-made and offensive prescription down the throats of the American people under the cover of crisis.

Coming from the Sunday NY Times: Obama's Former Law Students Give Him an "A" -- and Offer Insight on His Presidency

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.19.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

A major story in this coming Sunday's special New York Times Magazine "college" issue explores Barack Obama's teaching days as a law professor at the ...

McCain, Obama on Energy, the Environment and AIDS

Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling | Posted 10.17.2008 | Home


Eliza Margarita Bates and Cara Zwerling

Over the course of this week, OffTheBus is running a primer on some of the most important foreign policy issues the next president will face. Today, the primer looks at where Obama and McCain stand on energy and environmental policy and the AIDS crisis.

William Safire Sounds Kind Of Racist

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media


Joseph A. Palermo

According to William Safire, Obama's speech was a failure because it was "all too like the collectivist fantasy that opened and closed the Beijing Olympics."

Food is a Four Letter Word (Part 2)

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 09.26.2008 | Living


Dr. Susan Corso

I've never been way too skinny for anything since the day after I was born! Turns out I would have to be another whole half a me in order to qualify for a medically-mandated operation.

Energy for Dummies: The GOP's Secret Weapon Is A Clueless Media

David Fiderer | Posted 09.25.2008 | Green


David Fiderer

Nuclear reactors and oil are both types of energy, just as apples and vodka both types of calories. No one in the real world considers one to be an economic substitute for the other.

Motorists vs. Cyclists: How The New York Times Ain't Helping

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 09.13.2008 | Media


Erik Lundegaard

Does anyone know one person who has quit driving because they're too worried about being hit by a bicycle?

Oilman T. Boone Pickens: "A Fool With A Plan"

The New York Times | Deborah Solomon | Posted 08.12.2008 | Green


As a Texas oilman and major contributor to the Republican Party, you've just launched yourself, at 80, into green stardom by devising an energy plan t...

A Second Look At the NYTimes Science Section's "10 Things To Scratch From Your Worry List "

Treehugger | Lloyd Alter | Posted 08.09.2008 | Green


We have heard of climate deniers and chemical industry defenders, but now John Tierney of The New York Times joins the ranks of the Everything Deniers...

Two Face

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 08.07.2008 | Entertainment


Erik Lundegaard

Spider-Man 3 set an opening weekend record last year but its final tally ($336m) barely doubled its opening weekend. Why? It wasn't that good. The Dark Knight keeps going. Why? Because it's good.

The Pentagon and the Banality of Evil

Rick Ayers | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


Rick Ayers

Not only did the Pentagon co-opt the press with "imbedded" journalists, but they censored and controlled the stories, making sure we did not see real images of the war and its cost.

Marriage: A Cakewalk

Joyce McFadden | Posted 08.05.2008 | Style


Joyce McFadden

As we learn from those in the public eye, couples can come undone no matter how together they look from the outside.

Bush Cheerleads While the Economy Dives

Mona Gable | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


Mona Gable

I was extremely confused by Bush's rosy economic speech. Here my local bank, IndyMac, is collapsing, with distraught customers waiting in line for hours last week to get their money.

The Real Problem with the New York Times Article on Racial Divide

David Moore | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics


David Moore

What is truly amazing at this point in U.S. history is that white voters now view a black candidate about as positively as a white candidate on most issues, and in some cases much more positively.

Preview: Wild, Upcoming Novel By NYT Veteran Lampoons Judy Miller and Other NYTers

Greg Mitchell | Posted 07.23.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

Sure to get media tongues a-wagging when published on July 31 is the new John Darnton novel, Black and White and Dead All Over.

Maureen Dowd, Please Don't Shut Up

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.11.2008 | Media


Beth Arnold

Before this political season began, my feeling was that Dowd had lost her touch. But then, thanks to the human material she had in this race, Dowd hit her stride again.

Another Small Pleasure

Jan Herman | Posted 07.04.2008 | Media


Jan Herman

Long before Murdoch took over The WSJ, it had an enviable tradition of reporting factual news in a "storytelling" format, which its reporters were trained to do better than most.

Why the New York Times Shouldn't Try to Predict Summer Box Office

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 07.02.2008 | Entertainment


Erik Lundegaard

Frankly, it's not the business of the New York Times to engage in facile prognostication about the box office performance of summer sequels.

Unfetter Women's Intellect on Campaign Trail

Lisa Witter | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics


Lisa Witter

Is anyone else as appalled as I am at how quickly we have gone back to thinking of women in the oldest of stereotypes -- as only wives and mothers?

William Kristol's Hypocrisy, Progressives' Blindness, Obama and the Military

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 06.10.2008 | Politics


Frank Schaeffer

The Obama campaign seems to have a tin ear/blind spot when relating to the military. This will cost us all if McCain wins because of it, but it will cost our military men and women most of all.

Right is Wrong: the New York Times Corrects Latest Kristol, Brooks Columns on Obama

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.29.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

In a rare move, the New York Times offered a total of four corrections today, covering the two latest columns from conservative op-ed columnists William Kristol and David Brooks.

Surprise: New York Times Circulation Plunges, Wall Street Journal Gains

Greg Mitchell | Posted 05.06.2008 | Media


Greg Mitchell

One victim of decreased circulation -- thanks partly to popular websites like Huffington Post -- is the New York Times, which reports a whopping 9.2% decline on Sundays and 3.8% daily.

The New York Times' Political Suicide Pact

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics


Glenn Hurowitz

The Times editorial board's attitude ignores the evidence that negative, fear-inducing advertising actually has far better civic effects than positive, enthusiastic ads.

What Rove Reads In The Morning

FishbowlDC | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media


ROVE: I get Mike Allen's overnight summary from Politico, I cruise RealClearPolitics.com, I get Taranto from the Wall Street Journal, I visit the Corn...

The Torturous Logic of The New York Times

Marc Cooper | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home


Marc Cooper

With President Bush's veto this weekend of a bill to outlaw the CIA's use of waterboarding, torture now becomes officially codified U.S. policy. But you'd never know it from the reading the Times.