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

NYT Op-Eds (3)

"President Obama’s base has high expectations on gun control. Will he openly support sensible restrictions in the State of the Union next week?" (Blow); "As the new Congress gets to work, we get a look at the new breed of politician who came up through reality TV" (Collins); "Sargent Shriver, who died this week at 95, had a splendid vision of America" (Herbert)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, January 22, 2011

NYT Op-Eds (3)

"New studies, and perhaps the example of the Tucson shootings, suggest that a better-armed population actually makes us less safe" (Egan); "China has stumbled into a monetary muddle that’s getting worse with each passing month" (Krugman); "Joe Lieberman has often put himself between a rock and a hard place. But at the end of the day, he’s been an indispensable senator" (Brooks)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, January 21, 2011

NYT Op-Eds (2)

"We’ve allowed the extremists to carry the day when it comes to guns in the United States. It seems as if they care more about guns than people" (Herbert); "“Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” may denounce soft American-style parenting, but its author shelters her children from the truly arduous experiences necessary to achieve" (Brooks)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, January 18, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (5)

"Republicans plan to push through legislation this week to repeal the health care reform law. Americans will pay a high price if opponents get their way" (Editorial); "In March 2010, few of our leaders wanted to see what Giffords saw — that the vandalism and the death threats were part of a tide of insurrectionism that had been rising since the final weeks of the 2008 campaign" (Rich); "The real strategic challenge isn’t Chinese fighter aircraft. It’s China’s focus on education" (Kristof); "Don’t censor Twain’s book, but keep it away from high-school students" (Guest Op-Ed); "How to restore the postcolonial dream of political liberty" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, January 16, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (4)

"Members of Congress should remember that fund-raising must not take precedence over lawmaking, even though too many members behave otherwise" (Editorial); "We seem unable to take even the most modest steps to curb the horrific toll of gun violence in the United States" (Herbert); "Within hours of the massacre in Arizona last week, there was a rush to link the shooter to the rhetoric of the right" (Blow); "It’s time to start reviewing the latest books from the Republican presidential hopefuls. First up is the new one from Tim Pawlenty" (Collins)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, January 15, 2011

NYT Op-Eds (5)

"Though President Obama spoke to our desire for reconciliation, the truth is that we are a deeply divided nation and are likely to remain so" (Krugman); "Great speeches alone won’t usher in a period of greater civility. The virtue arises out of an abiding knowledge of our own failure, sin, weakness and ignorance" (Brooks); "After the tragedy in Tucson, let’s reframe the debate on gun control as a public health challenge" (Kristof); "President Obama unleashed the magic in his speech meant to lift up the country after the tragedy in Tucson. Now it’s Congress’s turn to act" (Collins); "Why Republicans should resist calls to tackle entitlements" (Ponnuru)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, January 14, 2011

NYT (7): National News

Obama calls for "new civility"; Despite outcry, no likelihood of new gun laws; Palin (cluelessly?) puts her foot in her mouth - again; SCOTUS LOOKS AT WARRANTLESS SEARCHES; New jobless claims higher than expected; In a (welcome) rarity, EPA revokes mine permit; and Steele almost certainly out at RNC.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, January 14, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (5)

"Members of Congress are concerned about their safety. But they should be no less worried about the effect of their inaction on gun control on the safety of Americans" (Editorial); "The attack in Tucson is just the latest wave in America’s endless ocean of violence" (Herbert); "Renewal and consolation at the end of Tucson’s darkest year" (Guest Op-Ed); "There can never be freedom without risk, and it’s always worth it for elected representatives to meet with their constituents" (Guest Op-Ed); "The political opportunism occasioned by the Tucson massacre has ranged from the irrelevant to the irresponsible, all while we ignore the most productive questions" (Brooks)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, January 11, 2011

NYT (5): National News

LATEST ON GIFFORDS, LOUGHNER, AZ; DeLay given 3-year slap on the wrist; Brown outlines austerity budget for CA; Judges get tough on foreclosure lawyers; and NYC officials apologize for blizzard response.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Democracy Now Interviews Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik: “People Who Are Mentally Unstable Are Susceptible to the Rhetoric Going on in this Country”

- Democracy Now
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Reaping the Whirlwind

Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, January 10, 2011

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (5)

"The state should now take the lead in quieting the voices of intolerance and imposing sensible controls on guns" (Editorial); "The question is, will G.O.P. leaders accept the reality of what’s happening to America, and take a stand against eliminationist rhetoric?" (Krugman); "Let’s find a way to accommodate the desire for access to firearms with sane regulation of weapons that make it easiest for crazy people to create mass slaughter" (Collins); "What happens when words are used as weapons, and weapons instead of words" (Egan); "Violence in American politics tends to bubble up from a world that’s far stranger than any Glenn Beck monologue" (Douthat)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 10, 2011

NYT (4+): National News

Latest on Giffords assassination attempt; Web privacy going way of the dodo; U.S. backs Big Pharma in lawsuit; and another black eye for BP.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, January 10, 2011

Tucson …Notes via Twitter from Michael Moore

Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, January 9, 2011

Olbermann Special Comment on Giffords Shooting

.. and then there's ...

Posted by Mike Blaxill, Sunday, January 9, 2011

NYT Op-Eds (2)

"History gives no cause to think James Madison opposed gun regulation" (Guest Op-Ed); "Good work, Government! From arms control to unemployment benefits to health care for 9/11’s first responders, Congress got a lot done" (Collins)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, December 23, 2010

NYT (6): National News

Is Rand Paul going mainstream?; Banks admit to "improper handling" of foreclosures - and some may be reversed; The dangers of media agglomeration - will Comcast purchase of NBC end the MSNBC-FOX feud?; Alarmingly rapid increase in gay teen suicide; The Second Amendment on steroids?; and with bricks-and-mortar gaming down, casinos reverse course re online gambling.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, October 4, 2010

NYT (6): National News

Can Obama help most in the midterms by avoiding them?; Yet another example of Illinois' bizarre politics; Are wind farms too loud?; "Is the Appleseed Project just a rifle course...or a symptom of a growing hostility toward government?"; Twitter as expression of self; and two new books on Podhoretz and Commentary.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, August 1, 2010

NYT (5): National News

BP's horrific record; U.S. tries again for drilling ban; NRA expands political agenda; Avandia is typical Big Pharma "hide the bad report" story; and Consumer Reports trashes the iPhone.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 13, 2010

NYT (3): National News

Second agency implicated in permits for gulf oil drilling; Utah is "carry permit central" for gun owners; and a battle is brewing over Saturday mail service.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, July 6, 2010

NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (7)

"The Supreme Court’s ruling that state and local laws cannot restrict an individual’s right to bear arms puts too many lives at risk" (Editorial); "The court supported a law school’s refusal to recognize a Christian student group, but, unfortunately, it ignored the group’s discriminatory practice" (Editorial); "It is time for Albany to end the practice of prison gerrymandering, in which inmates are counted as 'residents' to inflate underpopulated election districts" (Editorial); "There was the Long Depression, then the Great Depression, and now we are in the early stages of a third depression. This one is primarily a failure of policy" (Krugman); "With no end to the employment crisis in sight, the U.S. desperately needs to enact an aggressive jobs-creation campaign" (Herbert); "In Afghanistan, the worse things get, the longer we will be staying there. Success is the only exit strategy" (Douthat); "The nomination of Elena Kagan may herald the end of a noble era on the Supreme Court" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, June 29, 2010