Ross Douthat Takes Token Conservative Slot at NYT

March 12, 2009

It’s one step back for the Atlantic, but an order of magnitude forward for the country: my colleagues and I learned today that senior editor Ross Douthat will, in short order, become an opinion columnist for the New York Times.

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NFL Wins Exemption From Lawsuit in Event of Terrorist Attack

March 12, 2009

In the event that terrorists attacked a football stadium packed with fans some fall Sunday, the National Football League would be immune from suit.

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The NYT and the Worst Sports Columnist in America

March 12, 2009

All sports fans are nuts about their favorite teams, but not only are we zealous about our teams, we are fanatics about the people who write about our teams. If you grew up in Boston, you lived and died by Bob Ryan. In Philadelphia, it was Bill Conlin. In New York, we have had plenty […]

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Lessons in Donor Security Brought to You by the Coleman Campaign

March 12, 2009

Latest dirty politics incident from Minnesota: Norm Coleman’s entire donor base is made public via WikiLeaks, including credit card numbers. Notes to future campaigns wishing to prevent massive identity theft: “PCI Data Security Standard” and “Storing the CVV/2 is specifically not permitted.”

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Bristol Palin and Fiancee Split Up

March 12, 2009

Sarah’s daughter, whose pregnancy was the focus of so many cameras, splits with the father of her baby. One wonders if she was just another 18 year old with a teenage fiancee if the pressures of the situation would’ve caused the same result. What do you expect teenagers to do in a place like Alaska?

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Too Much to Chew?

March 12, 2009

It’s a delicate balance between using the momentum of the first 100 days effectively and making the mistake of trying to do too much. Von Drehle and Scherer share Buffett’s concern that Obama’s scattershot approach to multiple major policy reforms lacks clear focus, putting his agenda, and the future of the country, at risk.

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Tapper: Is Obama Trying Too Much, Too Soon?

March 11, 2009

It was just five months ago that President Obama, the then-junior senator from Illinois was rallying across the country, campaigning for one of the world’s most influential seats. But those days seem long gone. The president has been a whirling dervish of activity ever since he took the oath of office seven weeks ago, nominating […]

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Wade: Rethink Embryonic Stem Cells? Science Has Already Moved On

March 11, 2009

However, the president’s support of embryonic stem cell research comes at a time when many advances have been made with other sorts of stem cells. The Japanese biologist Shinya Yamanaka found in 2007 that adult cells could be reprogrammed to an embryonic state with surprising ease. This technology “may eventually eclipse the embryonic stem cell […]

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Paglia: Obama Should Start Firing People

March 11, 2009

Free Barack! Yes, free the president from his flacks, fixers and goons — his posse of smirky smart alecks and provincial rubes, who were shrewd enough to beat the slow, pompous Clintons in the mano-a-mano primaries but who seem like dazed lost lambs in the brave new world of federal legislation and global statesmanship. Heads […]

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Openness Fail: Congress Caves on Online Contracts

March 11, 2009

Internet junkies and wonks alike may have jumped the gun in looking forward to the new online transparency hyped by House members who vowed to put contracts doled out from the $800 billion stimulus package online. That promise, included in the initial House bill, was hailed by watchdog groups, who pointed to it as real […]

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