NYT (5): National News

SEC tightens "pay-for-play" rules; House panel votes to ease travel and trade with Cuba; Google to pay "gay tax" for employees; Daily Kos will sue its polling company; and NYC group calls for nonpartisan local elections.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, July 1, 2010

NYT (7): National News

How companies claiming to offer debt relief are offering anything but; Justice Dept. will fight AZ on immigration law; "Oil state" politicians on the hot seat; It's environmentalist vs. environmentalist re biomass and deforestation; Gov't uses plea to Obama to arrest illegal immigrant; NYS to add $1.60 tax for "coffin nails"; and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opens in Orlando.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, June 19, 2010

NYT (6): National News

BP sets aside $20 billion for spill victims - but costs could go higher based on criminal charges; The "new populism" doesn't like "fat cats"; Judge chides defense in Prop 8 trial; In Utah, planned execution by firing squad evokes Gilmore - and others; and Stowe returns from longest-ever sea journey.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, June 17, 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 Op-Eds (5+)

"Conservatism is rising, but it will surely fizzle because it is fueled by anger and desperation, not ideas" (Blow); "Even in the Old West, patrons checked their weapons at the door. But some southern states are now pushing for guns in bars" (Collins); "One of the largest gatherings of Vietnam War veterans is scheduled to take place in Wisconsin next week as a tribute to the service and suffering of American troops" (Herbert); "Allowing propaganda to trump science will stall the potential for global agriculture to be productive, diverse and sustainable" (Guest Op-Ed); "Internet domain names can now include addresses without any Latin letters. Has the World Wide Web just become a little wider?" (Guest Op-Eds)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, May 15, 2010

NYT (9): National News

OBAMA SEEKS TO OUT-BUSH BUSH ON DELAY IN TERROR HEARINGS; In a blow to banks, Senate bipartisanship finally appears, in the most unlikely of places - price controls on debit transactions; Obama rips oil firms, promises swift and serious action re "cozy" relationship with lobbyists; Immigration case in Georgia is major test of laws; Google says it "accidentally" collected private data; Why would gun control champ Bloomberg make it EASIER to get a gun?; NYC may revoke licenses for over 600 cabs that overcharged; NYC budget cuts are "ruinous" for arts groups; and Law & Order cracks its last case, and ties for longest-running series on TV.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, May 15, 2010

NYT+ (9): National News

ARIZONA DOES IT AGAIN, WITH NEW LAW RE SCHOOLS; Senators call for tighter "no-fly" rules (See my comment); Obama wants to split oil policing agency; Senate votes to audit Fed; WV Dem is newest victim of anti-incumbent sentiment - and Specter may be next; How does Kagan's nomination affect miderm elections?; Why is CNN giving voice to Erick Erickson?; and cross at center of legal dispute is stolen.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, May 12, 2010

NYT (6): National News

SEVEN YEARS LATER, SAME FERRY CRASHES INTO SAME STATEN ISLAND TERMINAL AGAIN!; What caused the dip in the Dow?; Gulf spill puts Alaska oil project under microscope; Decision in Chevron-filmmaker suit may set bad precedent; The white pages may go the way of the dodo; and an empty tower in Times Square finally gets a tenant.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, May 8, 2010

NYT Editorials & Op-Eds (4)

"A pair of bills would mandate the televising of Supreme Court arguments. If the justices will not open their doors, Congress should" (Editorial); "Regardless of what a megamerger of Continental and United will mean to the airline industry, it needs to make the lives of harried travelers better" (Editorial); "The influence of governmental policy is largely a matter of its effect on cultural fabric and social bonds" (Brooks); "How local police and the F.B.I. can keep events like the Times Square bomb from getting worse" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, May 4, 2010

NYT (7): National News

"Revision" to AZ law is nothing of the sort; How the immigration debate is playing out; First lawsuit filed re firing based on genetic testing; Goldman market value plunges; ABC cuts 1/4 of news staff; In a truly boneheaded move, NYC to close 50 senior centers to save $; and a near end to tourist helicopters in NYC (Finally!!!)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, May 1, 2010

NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (5)

"After the damage it did in the Citizens United case, the Supreme Court should not strike down the ban on soft-money donations to political parties" (Editorial); "The growing belief that the Internet has led to an increasingly fragmented and polarized media market may be contradicted by new research" (Brooks); "Big banks may be rolling it in again, but the little guy trying to save sure isn't" (Cohan); "The Goldman Sachs fraud suit illustrates how the big banks have abandoned their mission" (Guest Op-Ed); "By disrupting all air travel, the Icelandic volcano has reminded us of the pleasures of traveling by land or sea" (Guest Op-Ed)
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, April 20, 2010

NYT (4): International Affairs

Iran crackdown continues as two opposition parties are suspended, a newspaper is banned and arrests are made; Iraqi court okays partial recount; Volcano leads to criticism of European leadership; and an "unintended consequence" of volcano - African produce withers.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, April 20, 2010

NYT (4): International Affairs

With real-time test flights proving computer models wrong, airlines ask for ease on ban of flights to/from Europe; Pro-gov't group threatens action if Thai gov't does not remove anti-gov't protesters; China to give Chavez $20 billion loan; and to play music or not to play music - Somali radio stations caught up in bizarre dilemma
Posted by Ian Alterman, Monday, April 19, 2010

NYT (2): International Affairs

Gates says U.S. has no solid stratey for a nuclear Iran; and with no end in sight re volcano travel issues, long-term economic and public health issues are raised.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, April 18, 2010

NYT (4): International Affairs

Amazon dam project pits indigenous people against economics - and guess who's losing; China opens entire bureau to "police" social networking sites; With immigration as big issue in UK voting, right-wing party takes advantage; and volcano continues to "deepen" travel chaos.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, April 17, 2010

NYT (6): National News

S.E.C. ACCUSES GOLDMAN OF FRAUD [Ed. See my comment]; Ever the obstructionists, G.O.P. moves to stop finance regulation bill; Goss implicated in destruction of CIA tapes; Bill Clinton warns pols re anti-gov rhetoric; Obama extends gay rights re hospitals; and Continental enters fray of airline agglomeration.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, April 16, 2010

NYT (4): International Affairs

Kyrgyz president leaves, and arrests begin; Thai commandos attempt to arrest protest leaders; Ash from volcano continues to create travel gridlock; and in UK, first TV debate is somewhat less than earth-shattering.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, April 16, 2010

Orion Kriegman: No Car, No Problem .. The Benefits of Car-Free Living

Kriegman in YES mag ...

Growing up as a teenager in the suburbs, I believed cars were a source of independence. Yet, over the years, I've come to see cars as a symptom of cultural sickness.

.. read more
Posted by Mike Blaxill, Wednesday, April 14, 2010

NYT+ (6): International Affairs

KYRGYSTAN GOVERNMENT OVERTHROWN - LEADER FLEES; Pakistani parliament considers Constitutional changes; Brown sets May 6th for UK election; Airstrike video makes Wikileaks famous; and as airlines increase bag fees, one airline may also charge for toilet use.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, April 7, 2010

NYT (7): National News

Obama appoints food "czar"; Gillibrand finally finds her voice re primary challenger; Was the commission too "softball" in first day of banking investigation?; Justice Dept. goes after banks, mortgage brokers re bias in lending; Cuomo investigates Espada for illegal use of funds; Judge finds intentional discrimination against blacks in FDNY hiring; and why does the TSA have an 8-year-old on its watch list?
Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, January 14, 2010

NYT (2): International Affairs

Massive earthquake hits Haiti, and thousands are feared dead; and Google likely to leave China - and a possible base of 300 million new users.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, January 13, 2010

NYT (7): International News

Iran takes harsh new legal tactic against opposition - "warring against God," which is punishable by death; Iraqi election cycle starts off badly, as parliament moves to bar Sunni leader from running; Italy in "tax war" with Switzerland; Will new airport scanners increase cancer risk?; The man who predicted the collapse of Enron predicts another collapse - China - where (in other news) drug "rehab" might as well be prison, and a new solar technology will be tried.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, January 9, 2010

Still throwing money at doubtful tools for airport security

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Right-wing ‘experts’ justify profiling, body scanners with familiar paranoid rhetoric

Posted by Bill Swiggard, Monday, January 4, 2010

NYT (2): International Affairs

Iran continues arrests of dissidents, including sister of Nobel laureate, and again accuses West of "interference"; and in a rare instance, Israeli Supreme Court rules in favor of Palestinians against military.
Posted by Ian Alterman, Wednesday, December 30, 2009