New York Times

Bush stubbornly refuses to give up on the Iraq war, despite what New York Times reporters insists was the message delivered by the voters in November, and they're peeved at him. Congressional correspondent Sheryl Gay Stolberg reacts to Bush's Iraq speech last night outlining his plan for more troops in Iraq in her Thursday "news analysis," "Bush's Strategy for Iraq Risks Confrontations on Many…

Christopher Hedges, the former NY Times reporter infamously booed off a college commencement stage in the middle of an anti-war rant in May 2003 , has a new book out with the hauntingly ambivalent title, "American Fascists -- The Christian Right and the War on America." Contributor Rick Perlstein reviews it in the Times' Sunday book section and finds it unconvincing (although Perlstein seems to…

In a classic example of “it’s better late than never,” the New York Times has finally issued a correction for mistakes it made in an April 9, 2006, Times Magazine cover-story about abortion penalties in El Salvador (hat tip to the American Thinker). As reported by NewsBusters on January 2, the article in question neglected to properly research the decision by an El Salvadoran court which found…

No, of course the Democratic Party in Washington doesn't have a problem with the real or perceived masculinity of its male senators and congressmen. Absolutely not. What in the world are you talking about? You're all excited just because Maureen Dowd calls Barack Obama "Obambi," had to listen to him complain to her because she wrote that his ears are big (he's sennnnnnsitive about them, y'know…

Last week, a Federal Appeals Court upheld Indiana's Voter ID law (HT Volokh): Appeals court upholds voter ID law INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana's law that requires voters to show photo identification at the polls is not too burdensome, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago said Thursday in a 2-1 ruling that upholds the 2005 law. ..... The 7th U.S. Circuit Court questioned arguments that…