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How to Turn an Apology into a Presidential Indictment

February 26, 2013   ·   1 Comments

By Marie Burns: New York Times columnist David Brooks begins today’s column with a half-baked apology for his last column:  In Friday’s column, I wrote that the ...

David Brooks, Obama Plan Birther, Repents!

By Jonathan Chait: As a general rule, the craziest, most rabid, most provably false political ideas come from the political extremes. They flourish within small ideological ...

When False Claims Drive the Debate

By Steve Benen: As best as I can tell, New York Times columnist David Brooks is a well-connected pundit. Powerful people return his phone calls, and when he ...

White House Slams Brooks

By Marie Burns: David Brooks of the New York Times seldom lets facts get in the way of his opinions. It is not all that surprising ...

Obama to Give Information on Benghazi to Republicans to Avoid Sharing Drone Memos with Senators

By Kevin Gosztola: President Barack Obama’s administration, according to the New York Times, is reportedly in talks with Republicans on providing more information on the attack on a US diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya.

When You’re Cutting Social Security, ‘Wealthy’ Begins at $25K

By Jim Naureckas: Here's a proposal for Social Security that was on the New York Times' op-ed page yesterday

Mass Incarceration and the New Jim Crow

By John Light: In the latest installment of his excellent New York Times series, Time and Punishment, John Tierney writes that mass incarceration trends...

Chuck Hagel, Strategic Thinker

By Michael Hirsh: It looks awfully likely that Chuck Hagel will squeak through confirmation as President Obama's Defense secretary.

Using Deceptive Numbers on Health Care in the NYT

By Dean Baker: It is really easy and apparently fun for some people to use scary numbers about health care costs. The trick is to take ...

Deficit Hawks Reboot

By Marie Burns: The Very Serious People have just launched a very serious reboot. How do I know? Tom Friedman has altered the central premise of ...

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