Mar. 21, 2012 — “Let us all give thanks to BlackRock, the giant Manhattan-based investment, asset, and risk management firm.” The pitch would have sounded strained if it had come from BlackRock’s...view
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Politics
Jan. 25, 2012 — Well, maybe it’s not the worst question in history, but it’s really bad. I’m talking about Question 60 in the Jan. 12–17 New York Times / CBS News poll, which asks the following:...view
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Politics
Oct. 7, 2011 — There’s a new bureau chief (David Leonhardt) at the Washington Bureau of The New York Times, so we are hoping that the problems we identified in the spring and summer won’t...view
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Employment, Labor
Sept. 14, 2011 — It was disorienting to read yesterday’s article on the temporary two-tier wage structure in the auto industry that appears on its way to no longer being temporary. I thought I...view
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Politics
Sept. 7, 2011 — National political reporters for the New York Times are still having difficulty writing news stories that avoid the lure of conveying the political center (or bipartisanship, or...view
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Politics
June 29, 2011 — National political reporters for the New York Times may not drink as much Kool-Aid as outgoing executive editor Bill Keller (whose piece on the noble efforts of the “Gang of Six” —...view
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Health care
April 13, 2011 — Sometimes, you come across a story and have to wonder: “Exactly who was this written for?” An article in yesterday’s New York Times, “Republican Medicare Plan Could Shape 2012 Races...view
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State government, Taxes
April 6, 2011 — With an attention grabbing headline warning about “the price of taxing the rich,” a subhead explaining that “the top 1% of earners fill the coffers of states like California and New...view
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Economy
February 26, 2011 — The American economy is kind of a loser: a forlorn, sad-sack figure buffeted by the tides, visited by one indignity after another, with little means to fight back or improve its...view
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February 16, 2011 — Like so many others, I followed with great interest and concern the shifting fortunes of those seeking to overthrow the long-time Egyptian regime. Ten days ago, I was startled to...view