May 2012 Archive

Your Wednesday New York Times Sermonette

By Marie Burns: On today’s New York Times op-ed page, the official Vatican spokesman Ross Douthat again urges President Obama to stop attacking the Roman Catholic ...

What happens if you tighten your belt …

By Monique Morrissey: … but don’t lose any weight? You get unsightly bulges elsewhere and can’t breathe well enough to exercise. That’s essentially the House Republican solution ...

The New, Strikingly Dishonest Ad From Crossroads GPS

Tuesday's New York Times had a surprisingly positive piece on the latest ad from Crossroads GPS, the Republican super PAC which will inaugurate the summer campaign season with a $25 million television blitz in ten swing states.

Race and Identity in Myra Greene’s Photographs – NYTimes.com

By David Gonzalez: Myra Greene grew up in New York, where she was used to being around people of different races. But as she embarked on ...

Earth to Dimon: Banks Don’t Have a Right to Profit « naked capitalism

By Yves Smith: [Cross-posted to Naked Capitalism from the New York Times Room for Debate] Preventing blow-ups like the JPMorgan “hedge” that bears no resemblance to any ...

Glass-Steagall and the Economic Crisis

By Dean Baker: Andrew Ross Sorkin seems to be very proud of himself for having figured out that Glass-Steagall would not have prevented the economic crisis that hit ...

Our Mr. Brooks Goes A’Bain-ing for a Changeling

By Charles P. Pierce: Moral Hazard, the Irish setter owned for photo-op purposes by New York Times columnist David Brooks, wandered out of the back door of the Young ...