NYT+ (8): National News

THE MOST CONSERVATIVE SCOTUS IN DECADES; Bernie Sanders on oligarchy; Next DC battle - Bush tax cuts; Will Sherrod return?; Striking a balance b/w crime fighting and privacy re DNA; Record heat wave continues in much of the country; "The impossibility of erasing your online past"; and "Revolutionaries," a "new history" of America.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 25, 2010

NYT (2): Foreign Affairs

Re Cuba-u.S. relations, culture beats back embargo; and a new book on the Dreyfus Affair.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 25, 2010

NYT (5): Foreign Affairs

Two young aides bring the State Dept. into the digital age; Global gay pride comes to Warsaw; Guatamalan rain forest threatened; a new book on the politics of global warming; and two new books re Iran.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 18, 2010

NYT (5): National News

Is America's social fabric fraying?; The founder of "peace studies" dies; Oil industry continues to reap billions from subsidies; Two books on Eliot Spitzer; and a book on Facebook.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, July 4, 2010

Marla Miller’s ‘Besty Ross and the Making of America,’ review by Marjoleine Kars

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Sunday, July 4, 2010

NYT (12): National News

As NYS prepares to use new voting machines, a lawsuit is filed over flaws; SCOTUS (i) strengthens 2nd Amendment; (ii) offers head-scratching ruling re tobacco, (iii) offers other decisions; "Labor" just can't get a break; Robert Byrd dies, and what that means for Dems; Obama reverses Bush space policy; Blago trial opens with wiretaps but no pizza; Bloomberg is not living up to "diversity" in staff; Online bullying becomes increasingly serious issue; and new books on geoengineering.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, June 29, 2010

NYT (5+): National News

Regardless of judge's decision, Prop 8 case is likely to go to SCOTUS; Kagan hearings may also be about Roberts and Obama; What might a "liberal court" look like?; Cannabis meets capitalism; and five new books on economics, including Bear Stearns, Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, hedge funds, and Roubini on "the future of finance."
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 27, 2010

NYT (4): Global Affairs

Between oil spills and hunting, the bluefin may be near extinction; Guinea will have first free elections in over 50 years; Price tag for security for Canadian summits - $12 million per hour; and two new books on Islam and Middle East politics.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 27, 2010

NYT (4): Foreign Affairs

Will firing of McChrystal lead to change in strategy?; Will China buy its own products?; Pakistan sentences five American Muslims to 10 years; and Oliver Stone's new film about Chavez et al.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, June 25, 2010

NYT (8): National News

Crime stats do not support immigration hyperbole; Salazar in the crosshairs re MMS; Bill Clinton praises Kagan; A family portrait of the Kagans; A timely new book on...oil; how English became "the world's language"; and a young adult book on Joe McCarthy.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 20, 2010

NYT (3): Foreign Affairs

Building self-government in Afghanistan; China agrees to rise in its currency; and a new book "fact-checks" War and Peace.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 20, 2010

NYT (16): National News

OBAMA OUT-BUSHING BUSH ON MEDIA LEAKS; What 'Moby Dick' and the oil spill have in common; Call for inquiry into S. Carolina primary; Kagan may have to recuse in half of SCOTUS cases; Crist vetoes ultrasound bill; VAWA protections extended to gay couples; GOP thwarted in attempt to stop carbon limits; Why won't Obama lead his party?; 9/11 workers get larger settlement; Must blogs reveal product placements?; The connection between animal abuse and other crimes; Are we getting closer to a meeting of the (human and computer) minds?; New books on "American hubris," neoconservatism, Custer's final battle, and the Comanches; and a D.C. exhibition about "performers, politics and pop culture."
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, June 13, 2010

NYT (5): National News

SCOTUS TRIMS MIRANDA RIGHTS; More on attempted repeal of 17th Amendment; Blacks still not represented on Southern juries; Obama admin begins inquiries into spill; and a memoir by Christopher Hitchens.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, June 2, 2010

NYT (8): National News

AS 50,000 MARCH IN AZ, BREWER TRIES TO REIN IN AG; Ohio as gauge for midterms; Salt industry fights regs; How YouTube is planning to get you to watch more; a book on Obama's first year; a book on "national security, the media, and the rule of law"; a memoir by a Muslim woman who survived radical Islam; and a new translation of The Second Sex.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, May 30, 2010

NYT (11): National News

CUOMO FINALLY DECLARES FOR NYS GOV, CALLS FOR MAJOR REFORMS; Finance bill may finally begin reining in lobbyists; Obama backs away from Bush-era "pre-emptive war" strategy toward "diplomacy and alliances"; Obama calls for major revisions to drilling rules; Rand Paul and "textbook libertarianism"; Do women sacrifice more to become SCOTUS members?; Are apps "gentrifying" the Web?; Are Obama and Duncan getting it right on education - at the expense of the unions?; and new books on the Mayflower pilgrims, the fight over The Wall Street Journal, and prohibition.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, May 23, 2010

NYT (4): National News

Is Kagan a first amendment conservative?; Will PA race for Murtha's seat be "bellwether" for midterms?; a new book on the MLK assassination; and a new book on the state of the "Great American School System."
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, May 16, 2010

NYT+ (5): International Affairs

Thailand in state of emergency as death toll rises; Most Brits like the Cameron-Clegg coalition; 16-year-old girl completes historic solo round-the-world sailing trip; a new book by Sebastian Junger on his 5-year stay with U.S. troops in Aghanistan; and a new book on "the longest battle of WWII."
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, May 16, 2010

NYT (8): National News

Hope dims for Colorado Dems; Is NYC becoming "The Big Eyeball?" re surveillance; States move to allow Internet voting by overseas military; Investor quietly puts $1 billion into solar and environment; New demographics show more minorities in suburbs than in cities; Do babies have an innate moral sense? (Magazine cover story); a new book on "the crisis of capitalist democracy"; and a new book on "making a life on a tough new planet."
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, May 9, 2010

NYT+ (8): International Affairs

HOLDER SAYS PAKISTAN BEHIND TIMES SQUARE - AND WHITE HOUSE PRESSURES PAKISTAN - BUT PETRAEUS DOES NOT AGREE; Cameron and Clegg butt heads over new parties; UGANDA PREZ PANEL URGES SCUTTLING OF ANTI-GAY BILL; new books on English anti-Semitism, Heidegger, and Nazi philosophy; and new books by, and about, Irene Nemirovsky.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, May 9, 2010

NYT (7): National News

PROPOSED BILL RE "TERRORIST ALLIES" COULD HAVE FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES [See my comment]; Dow takes brief but historical 1,000-point plunge; More calls for boycott of AZ; Paulson and Geithner support stronger regs; Former NYS Senator Bruno gets 2-year jail term; Judge sides with Chevron in case touching First Amendment; and a new book from "Dr. Doom" (economist Noriel Roubini)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, May 7, 2010

NYT (5): International Affairs

British papers sack Brown, endorse both rivals; How to stack the deck re new "civilian rule" in Myanmar? - have members resign from military, run for office; The dangerous economic entanglement in Europe; A new book by microcredit Nobelist Muhammad Yunus; and a new book on Churchill vis-a-vis WWII.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, May 2, 2010

NYT (7+): National News

GOP targets "solid" Dem seats; The NYT Magazine profile on Politico's Mike Allen; Oklahoma governor vetoes abortion bills; "Warehousing" traumatized vets; The rise of "Obamacare" scams; Reforming Fannie and Freddie; Spitzer on Cuomo (not exactly a rave); a new book on "The Next Financial Meltdown"; new books by Karl Rove and Mitt Romney, and two new books on T. Roosevelt et al and the "rush to war."
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, April 25, 2010

NYT (3): National News

It's Obama v. Roberts on "the role of goverment in American society"; Cognitive dissonance in the Tea Party; and two new books on the Wall Street debacle.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, April 18, 2010

NYT (3): National News

Who really has more to lose in SCOTUS nominee fight, the Dems or the G.O.P.?; Why we can't afford NOT to create a green economy (Magazine cover story, by Paul Krugman); and David Remnick's new book on Obama.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, April 11, 2010

NYT (5): International Affairs

Thai protests finally turn ugly as 18 people are killed and over 600 wounded; In totally unexpected move, Iran strongly supports Sunni involvement in Iraqi politics; Clinton calls acting leader of Kyrgysztan, partly to balance Russian influence; James Cameron "lives Avatar," leading Amazon tribe against "civilizing" influence; and a new book by Ian Buruma on "religion and democracy on three continents."
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, April 11, 2010