August 2012 Archive

Miro at the National Gallery

By Eugene Shulman: Reading Ken Johnson's interesting NY Times review of the Miro exhibition at the National Gallery...

New York Times: “All the Fear That Fits, We Print”

By Ira Chernus: I know, the Times’ motto is really, “All the News That’s Fit to Print.” No scandal, no sentiment, no sensationalism. Just straight, sober, boring ...

Ludicrous Times Op-Ed Forgets Entire Year of Wall Street History

By Matt Taibbi: It was riotous, side-splitting comedy last week when Sanford Weill, the onetime head of Citibank, went on CNBC to announce that he thought it was ...

Mitt Romney Accused Of Not Actually Reading Book He Mentioned

By Alex Pareene: Jared Diamond, the guy who wrote the famous book about how iron ore leads to 21st century economic dominance, says in a New York Times Op-Ed that he suspects presidential candidate Mitt Romney didn’t even read his book.

Best Obit Correction Ever: NYT on Gore Vidal

By Teddy Partridge: I suppose it’s entirely possible that Gore Vidal’s spirit is somewhere laughing at Our Nation’s Premier Newspaper today, but barring that eventuality, I ...