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Posted by Michael Hamilton, Tuesday, January 24, 2012NYT (3): National News
More concealed weapons means more opportunities for dangerous conflicts; U.S. may allow Saleh to enter for medical treatment; For first time, poisoning outranks car crashes in U.S. deaths.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, December 27, 2011
NYT Editorial, Op-Eds, Letters (8)
"Washington must press the army to stop meddling and commit to a free and fair vote, which is scheduled to begin in a few weeks" (Editorial); "President Obama and leaders of Congress don't seem to be addressing Occupy Wall Street's concerns. Why?" (Debate); "The Supreme Court will explore the permissible limits of government watchfulness over our daily lives" (Greenhouse); "A public funding system would stop the influence of big money in politics" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Constitution supports the mandate to buy health insurance" (Guest Op-Ed); "This week the ever-unpopular House passed a bill that requires states with strict gun laws to honor weaker ones from other states. What’s a few concealed weapons between friends?" (Collins); "Brazil’s agribusiness interests are pushing for a law that would condemn vast areas of the Amazon rainforest to extermination" (Guest Op-Ed); "Occupy Wall Street: The Next Chapter" (Letters)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, November 17, 2011
NYT (7): National News
Census data confirms disappearing middle class; House approves obnoxious gun bill; AL lawmakers have "passer's remorse" over immigration bill, seek to repeal some parts; Will Obama's own words influence SCOTUS to defeat health bill?; Congress blocks new school lunch program changes, but unanimously passes two elements of jobs bill; NYC Comptroller in trouble re election fund-raising.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, November 17, 2011
NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (7)
"When the 'roadless rule' was upheld in court last week, the environment and its allies got a big victory for a change" (Editorial); "California unveiled the country’s first statewide cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change" (Editorial); "A proposed bill gaining the support of hypocritical Republicans would force states to honor the permissive gun-control regulations from the South and West" (Bruni); "It’s looking more and more as if the euro system is doomed as one rescue plan after another falls flat and a vicious circle takes hold" (Krugman); "Can humanity handle the unprecedented rise in population?" (Guest Op-Ed); "To the extent that size matters at all for job growth, it’s really about new companies that will start small and, if they survive, perhaps grow large" (Guest Op-Ed); "President Obama’s current campaign strategy totally misreads the country" (Brooks)Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, October 26, 2011
NYT (10): National News
The secret memo that led to the assassination of al-Awlaki; Regulators seek to clamp down on high-speed trading; GOP candidates target DOE; Judge says AZ recall election was "manipulated"; In GA, it's the First Amendment vs. the Second Amendment; Following SCOTUS order, CA begins moving prisoners; Although not quite like Tunisia or Egypt, social media is playing a role in Occupy Wall Street; and new books on "the reactionary mind," "political evil," and John Lennon.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, October 9, 2011
NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (5)
"An outrageous proposal in Congress takes aim at state laws that limit the carrying of concealed weapons. President Obama should threaten to veto this measure" (Editorial); "A New Jersey town’s decision to block a proposal to build a mosque raises questions of religious bias" (Editorial); "Austerity is inflicting vast pain now, and killing our future, too" (Krugman); "Why does Obama let his critics define him?" (Keller); "If in desperation we seek inflation to solve problems we would find that a little inflation doesn’t work. Then the instinct will be to do more and more" (Volcker)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, September 19, 2011
The Atlantic (6)
Can the Middle Class Be Saved? (must-read); "The Secret History of Guns in America"; "Arab Spring, Chinese Winter"; Why we should miss Austan Goolsbee; Do we WANT our "gadgets" to fail?; and are we ready for soy-glazed mealworms?Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, September 15, 2011
NYT (3): National News
Court looks at Orwellian nature of GPS; FL still neck and neck with AZ as craziest state, as it forces elimination of all local gun laws; and a new book on how America used to be, and what it still can be.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, September 11, 2011
NYT Op-Eds (7)
"The idea that a psychologically healthy person could miss war seems appalling" (Junger); "Unlike earthquakes, hurricanes and other rapid-moving weather, drought could become a permanent condition in some regions" (Prud'homme); "We are living through a tremendous bust. It isn’t simply a housing bust. It’s a fizzling of the great consumer bubble that was decades in the making" (Guest News Analysis); "Did a lawmaker intentionally point her loaded .380 Ruger at a newspaper reporter, or was it just a misunderstanding?" (Bruni); "In America and in Greece, the baby boomers may not be up to fixing the problem they have caused" (Friedman); "The best antipoverty investment in the world — from New York to Nigeria — is education. So why do we keep cutting it?" (Kristof); "An error by the government’s lawyers gives the Rocket a chance to walk" (Dowd)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 17, 2011
NYT (4): National News
The dangerous nexus of mental illness and gun ownership; A Magazine profile of Gingrich's literary output; A new book on race and rage; and a new book on Britain's role in the American Civil War.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 3, 2011
AlterNet (4)
Is a "McEconomy" the new normal for the middle class?; Will FL cave to NRA with bill in which Second Amendment overrides First Amendment?; A Louisiana man gets a life sentence - for pot; and can psychedelics make you happier?Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, May 9, 2011
NYT Op-Eds (3)
"Suspicions of the president have moved from the theoretical to the theological" (Blow); "Official state rocks and birds and flowers are nice distractions for legislatures, but naming a state gun is pretty creepy" (Collins); "There will be no more free ride for The World’s Greatest Investor, who will be facing the music in Omaha" (Nocera)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, April 30, 2011
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (4)
"Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz has shown real leadership on gun control. President Obama should join her" (Editorial); "The destructive game Donald Trump is playing, and its welcome on the right, only exposes the flaws in American ideology and further corrodes the Republican brand" (Blow); "Just look at the changes taking place thanks to all the angry new governors" (Collins); "Why did Spencer Bachus, chairman of the Financial Services Committee, introduce legislation to delay the regulation of derivatives?" (Nocera)Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, April 23, 2011
NYT (4): National News
S&P issues "negative" credit re U.S. debt; Brewer vetoes two controversial AZ bills; Pentagon clears McChrystal and aides of wrongdoing; and owner of Vermont nuke sues over state control.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, April 19, 2011
NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (4)
"The Arizona Senate passed an absurd bill requiring presidential candidates to submit extensive proof of their status as natural-born Americans" (Editorial); "President Obama called the Republicans’ bluff on Wednesday and laid out a budget plan that really is serious" (Krugman); "With President Obama and Paul Ryan having developed a cold contempt for the other’s position, where will the budget wars take us next?" (Brooks); "An Arizona proposal to permit firearms on college campuses probably won’t have much effect on gun violence and safety" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, April 15, 2011
NYT (3): National News
NRA demures re Obama mtg on gun control; Honolulu homeless are evicted; and Owsley dies.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, March 15, 2011
NYT Op-Eds (4)
"At least nine states are currently considering legislation to allow guns on college campuses" (Collins); "What does the smart, rhetorically gifted justice think his bullying of his colleagues on the Supreme Court accomplishes?" (Greenhouse); "Let’s get on with a no-fly zone over Libya. And let’s jam its communications while we’re at it" (Kristof); "The author receives long-distance updates from his family, who are fighting in the uprising" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, March 10, 2011
NYT (6): National News
In Indiana, shades of the future WI; More bad news re hydrofracking; Did the left unwittingly help climate change deniers?; Guns on campus?; The Magazine profile of Chris Christie; and Wayne Barrett will continue to rake the muck.Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, February 27, 2011
NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (10)
"House Republicans are preparing to push through restrictions on federal financing of abortions far more extreme than previously proposed" (Editorial); "Away from Washington, an ominous anti-abortion fight is accelerating in the states" (Editorial); "The Republicans, who sold themselves as the uncompromising champions of Tea Party-fueled fiscal austerity, have discovered that most Americans prefer compromise to confrontation" (RICH); "What if we treated firearms the way we treat cars, as a public health challenge? Vehicle regulations save lives and are a model for gun regulations" (KRISTOF); "The path of Egypt’s uprising, from Facebook to Tahrir Square" (Guest Op-Ed); "The Fed and the European Central Bank are under a lot of pressure from bankers to do the wrong thing and raise interest rates" (KRUGMAN); "In 2010, the United States and its allies continued to shift the military focus from Iraq to Afghanistan" (Guest Op-Ed Chart); "Has Hosni Mubarak’s rule made America safer, or less safe?" (DOUTHAT); "If Singapore has one thing to teach America, it is about getting governance right" (FRIEDMAN); "A band of brothers parts ways for more campaign glory" (DOWD)Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 31, 2011
NYT (8): National News
Protesters besiege Koch retreat; TP sets sites early on GOP seats; AZ gun show has dangerous leaks; NYS Senate gets very ugly very quickly as GOP takes over; Will blogs outstrip MSM in 2012 race?; a new book on the history of neoconservatism by Kristol; a new book by SL Carter on war in the age of Obama; and a new book on American power.Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 31, 2011
NYT (5): National News
ISSA WANTS TO TRACK FOIA REQUESTS; Govs look to slash Medicaid; As with DADT, Obama is forced to be against gay marriage (legally) even though he supports it; Prez likely to tackle gun control; and for gays seeking asylum, how "gay" is "gay" enough?Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, January 29, 2011
NYT Op-Eds (3)
"A new brand of crazy in the land has politicians scrambling to introduce guns into every conceivable part of American life" (Collins); "A bishop, a nun, a hospital and a holy war" (Kristof); "The cyber attack on Iran heralds a new global arms race" (Guest Op-Ed)Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, January 27, 2011
NYT (7+): National News
SOTU-related articles; IL Supreme Court puts Emanuel back on ballot; NRA "sway" goes beyond gun laws; Panel says financial crisis was "avoidable" (REALLY?!); SEC votes (symbolically?) for shareholder say in corporate benefits; Bloomberg gun coalition grows, but...; and Holocaust-questioning email ends up at NYC public school.Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, January 26, 2011
NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (6+)
"Killing the publicly subsidized presidential campaign finance system, adopted in the wake of the Watergate scandals, is the last thing the House should do" (Editorial); "We are still waiting for President Obama to fulfill his promises on gun safety" (Editorial); "'True Grit' has unalloyed faith in values antithetical to those of the 21st century America so deftly skewered in 'The Social Network'" (Rich); "To measure the democratizing effect of the Internet on China, I conducted a little experiment. I survived. But will my blog?" (Kristof); "The momentary infatuation with a 'virtual fence' with Mexico resulted in changes to the separation of powers that raise constitutional questions" (Greenhouse); "Politicians, journalists and experts in various fields share what they would like President Obama to say in his second State of the Union address" (various)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 23, 2011
