Boston Globe
A Curious Christmas 'Carroll': Holiday Rebukes America and Capitalism
December 25th, 2006 11:19 AM
I considered making Paul Krugman's column, "Helping the Poor, the British Way", my subject of this Christmas Day. I even had a snappy headline sussed out: "Let It Snow Socialism". But when it comes to using the message of the day to berate the United States, Krugman can't hold a Christmas candle to James Carroll of the Boston Globe.Krugman took a glancing shot: "It’s the season for…
For Globe's Union Columnist the Only Illegals . . . Are Employers
December 22nd, 2006 12:13 PM
The Boston Globe can't put two and two together on immigration. Just last week it wrung its editorial hands over the fact that illegal immigrants are taking jobs away from. But naturally it didn't make the logical connection and call for a crackdown on illegal immigration. Then today, the paper lends its pages to a union official who, when it comes to illegals, sees only employers, with nary…
Globe On ISG: Consensus More Important Than Getting It Right
December 9th, 2006 7:31 AM
Sure, the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group might be largely useless. But hey, check out all the wonderful consensus - and cue another chorus of Kumbaya! That, in a nutshell, is the message of the Boston Globe's editorial of this morning, Presidential Ingratitude.Excerpts:"Whatever might be questioned in any particular recommendation of the report, the bipartisan spirit and consensus-…