the New York Times
When I read the solution offered by Wayne LaPierre, the CEO of the National Rifle Association, to the ever-growing number of massacres at schools—that we need “good guys” with guns to protect us from “bad guys” with guns—I initially thought he was joking, a bad joke, yet joking nonetheless. READ MORE >>
Is the Emergency Committee for Israel on a Losing Streak?
Readers of The New York Times, including several hundred thousand subscribers in New York, woke up Tuesday to a full-page ad on page A7, paid for by the Emergency Committee for Israel, that blared: "Who is Chuck Hagel, President Obama's anti-Israel nominee for Secretary of Defense?" Below quotes from several anti-Hagel critiques—including that of th READ MORE >>
Is Christie Abandoning His True Base?
How the New York Times Screwed Martin Luther King Jr.
Stop Acting Surprised By Powerful Veeps
How Washington Learned to Love Hostage-Taking
President Obama's decision to agree to a "fiscal cliff" deal that doesn't address the debt ceiling was premised on the thinking that congressional Republicans will not be as successful at holding the economy hostage in the coming months as they were in the summer of 2011. For one thing, the administration believes the business community, and elite opinion more broadly, will be much more vocal than they were last time around in cautioning Republicans against debt-ceiling hijinx. READ MORE >>
Tim Scott's Rise Is Because of His Talent, Not His Race
Nate Silver and the Future of Prediction
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don’t Normal.dotm 0 0 1 2291 13064 sunlight foundation 108 26 16043 12.0 0 false 18 pt 18 pt 0 0 false false false READ MORE >>
