NYT Op-Eds (2)

"Conservatives have started telling us that the growing inequality is about a decline in morals. But it’s mainly about money" (Krugman); "Mitt Romney seems to be trying to please everybody but has ended up pleasing few. Just what David Riesman would have called an other-directed man" (Brooks)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 10, 2012

NYT (5): National News

Some exceptions re new homeowner bailout; Rich/poor gap in education growing; Coming soon to your faucet: treated wastewater; Historic moment as Kodak says it will no longer make cameras; OWS protesters interrupt school board meeting.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 10, 2012

NYT (3): Foreign Affairs

Will second "Arab Spring" start with Jordan?; Muslim Brotherhood demands that military cede power; Even among Putin's "base," support is tepid.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 10, 2012

NYT Op-Eds (3)

"We need a national conversation about the dimensions of poverty or a chunk of working-class America could be calcified into an underclass" (Kristof); "The issue of covering contraceptives in health care plans has Catholic bishops in an uproar. Let’s try to talk through this in a calm, measured manner" (Collins); "Haiti’s culture of impunity must end with the prosecution of Jean-Claude Duvalier" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 9, 2012

NYT (5): National News

Finally, a "bailout" for homeowners; Washington effectively becomes 7th state to legalize same-sex marriage; House passes insider trading bill, despite G.O.P. excising of important provision; G.O.P. sees birth control as new "cultural wars" wedge issue; As youth watch less TV (but more media in general), older people watch more.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 9, 2012

NYT (4): Foreign Affairs

Egypt's PM defiant re prosecuting Americans; Greek austerity deal reached; Chaos grows in Libya as interim gov't tries to curb militias; Israel's main labor union starts general strike.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, February 9, 2012

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (4)

"A federal appeals court struck down California’s ban on same-sex marriage, bringing this nation a step closer to full equality and fairness" (Editorial); "On popular Web sites, misinformation about antipiracy legislation amounted to an abuse of trust and a misuse of power" (Guest Op-Ed); "Observing democratic awakenings in places like Egypt, Syria and Russia puts a glow in your heart and a pit in your stomach" (Friedman); "Ending Iran’s influence in Syria would transform the Middle East" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, February 8, 2012

NYT (6): National News

Prop 8 is struck down by fed appeals court; Study finds U.S. Muslims no threat re terrorism; PA sets local taxes on fracking; Santorum up, Gingrich down, Romney stable; Manhattan D.A. drops rape charges against Commish Kelly's son; 30-year NYC battle over loitering (homeless) arrests ends.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, February 8, 2012

NYT (6): Foreign Affairs

Seeing writing on well, U.S. cuts Iraq embassy staff in half; Is Russia finally taking active role in Syrian crisis?; As people strike, Greek leaders postpone vote on austerity measures, and wonder if they amount to political suicide; All eyes on poorest 1/5 of Indians as they go to polls; Haitians creating immigration crisis in Brazil; The U.S. embargo against Cuba is 50 years old.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, February 8, 2012

NYT Op-Eds (2)

"To see the future of same-sex marriage, look to savvy companies" (Bruni); "President Obama should return to his community-organizing roots and remember the importance of leveraging diversity to solve problems" (Brooks)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, February 7, 2012

NYT (5): National News

Initially opposed to it, Obama, seeing reality, relents on SuperPAC; GOP sees politics in Chrysler Superbowl ad, but Eastwood says "balderdash"; Cuomo decision on fracking likely to be postponed; Georgia Supreme Court ruling on assisted suicide likely to rekindle debate; NYS Senate moves to reinstate church services in schools.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, February 7, 2012

NYT (4): Foreign Affairs

Abbas reconciles with Hamas, will lead unity pact; First female prez of Mexico? Could happen; Victory for conservatives in Finland continues rightward trend in Europe; U.S. Constitution is losing influence globally.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, February 7, 2012

NYT Op-Eds (3)

"The unemployment report was genuinely good, but there’s a downside: the calls to stop focusing on job creation" (Krugman); "The partisans of an unfettered Internet won the last skirmish in Washington. So is any attempt to police online piracy doomed?" (Keller); "One form of wickedness Charles Dickens decried still haunts us, proud and unrepentant: the lawyer" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, February 6, 2012

NYT (5): National News

Ron Paul sets off firestorm with religious requirement for caucus; Colorado moves to undermine fed law on environment; School-based congregations bemoan new NYC law; NYC defends "scary" health ads; Giants win the Superbowl.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, February 6, 2012

NYT (6): Foreign Affairs

U.S. closes embassy in Syria; Obama/Clinton fail to get Egypt to rescind legal action against Americans; U.S. drones out of control in Pakistan?; European activists fight their own "SOPA"; Failing French economy leads to gains for far right; Wicked cold snap kills hundreds in Europe.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, February 6, 2012

Smirking Chimp (4)

Is America a police state?; Is Obama a failed president?; "Progressive Democrats"; A drumbeat toward war with Iran?
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, February 5, 2012

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (10)

"Three major legal cases may influence the 2012 election, but the cases also illustrate how politics shape the Supreme Court" (Editorial); "Whether Barack Obama wins or loses in November, the Democratic Party’s attention will immediately turn to 2016" (Guest Op-Ed); "Whether you can obtain a job, credit or insurance can be based on your digital doppelgänger — and you may never know why you’ve been turned down" (Guest Op-Ed); "Anyone entertaining such dreams of the Internet as a refuge for the bohemian, the hedonistic and the idiosyncratic probably didn’t know the reasons behind the disappearance of the original flâneur" (Guest Op-Ed); "How do the laws and mores of different nations manage, if at all, the multinational companies that now govern our digital lives?" (Guest Op-Ed); "Romney’s Mormon faith is too central to his biography and identity to be swept to the side" (Bruni); "Web tools can turn the world upside down. Change.org has empowered ordinary people to close down homophobic 'clinics' in Ecuador, shine a light on sex trafficking, and force banks to drop fees" (Kristof); "Vladimir Putin has been unable to make the political, economic and educational changes needed to make Russia a modern European state. Will he step up?" (Friedman); "Can Callista transform Newt so that he can transform her into the First Third Lady?" (Dowd); "Half of the country wants to restrict or end abortion, but you wouldn’t know that from the coverage of the Planned Parenthood-Komen controversy" (Douthat)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, February 5, 2012

NYT (3): National News

Can we afford to ignore the economic doomsayers a second time?; It's IL vs. Army Corps of Engineers re safety of levees; NYPD shooting of unarmed boy leads to questionable detention of sole witness: his grandmother.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, February 5, 2012

NYT (3): Foreign Affairs

As post-soccer violence continues into fourth day, Egypt will try 19 Americans, possibly leading to loss of U.S. aid; Russians endure bitter cold to protest Putin.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, February 5, 2012

NYT Op-Eds (2)

"Mitt Romney said that he was concerned about 'middle-income Americans.' He certainly has a funny way of showing it" (Blow); "With that big political dust-up about breast cancer this week, we’ve clearly hit the point where there’s nothing that can’t be divided into red state/blue state" (Collins)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, February 4, 2012

NYT (4): National News

Fall in jobless rate plays into Obama's hands; Increasingly paranoid Tea Party finds new bogeyman: U.N. "green" plan; NYPD Commish Kelly in hottest water yet; Amid growing opposition, Florida scraps casino bill.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, February 4, 2012

NYT (6): Int’l Affairs

Post-soccer violence continues in Egypt for third day; Russia and China veto U.N. bill re Syria, right after attack that kills 200; Hacker group "Anonymous" hacks an FBI-Scotland Yard phone call about... "Anonymous"; E.U. looks to create roadblock re Google's new privacy rule; Putin aide says roots of protests are "foreign"; U.N. says Somali famine is over, though violence continues.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, February 4, 2012

NYT Op-Eds (3)

"Mitt Romney has said that his comments about not caring about the very poor were taken out of context. But the more context you give them, the worse it gets" (Krugman); "At a time when political leaders never admit fault and rarely accept responsibility, Komen did both, and that's worth celebrating" (Rosenthal); "The viral phenomenon of 'Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus' and the debate that it prompted have a fogy offering advice on how to beat the fogies" (Brooks)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 3, 2012

NYT (3): National News

In wake of growing outrage, Komen Foundation reverses itself, restores funding to Planned Parenthood; Why is SEC still giving banks a pass?; Senate overwhelmingly passes ethics bill re insider trading.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 3, 2012

NYT (3): Foreign Affairs

Deaths at Egyptian soccer game spill over into continued protests and violence in the streets; U.N. Sec'y Gen'l not exactly welcome in Gaza; Apparent Iranian effort to "rebrand" Arab Spring backfires.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, February 3, 2012