Music critic Jon Caramanica reviewed country star Brad Paisley's latest album "Wheelhouse," in "Taking Country Less Conservative" for the Arts section of Wednesday's New York Times. Caramanica gave Paisley backhanded compliments for "openmindedness" while insulting the genre of country music as rigidly conservative (Caramanica has previously given backhanded praised to country music itself, for not… Read more »
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Margaret Thatcher a ‘Dominant Yet Divisive Figure’ Who Helped ‘Unravel Social Compacts’, Says NY Times
The death at 87 of former British Prime Minister and Cold War conservative icon Margaret Thatcher was marked with a respectful obituary on Tuesday's New York Times front page by Joseph Gregory: "'Iron Lady' Who Set Britain on a New Course." A front-page "news analysis" by reporters John Burns and Alan Cowell was more objectionable,… Read more »
The New York Times Embraces Social Libertinism at a Catholic College and at the Pharmacy
Social liberalism continues to dominate the New York Times. Reporter Jess Bidgood didn't even blink over the controversy of a Planned Parenthood-affiliated student group distributing condoms on a Catholic campus, Boston College, in Monday's "Ban on Free Condoms Jeopardizes Student Group’s Work With Catholic College." Bidgood led off with libertine language from the condom-pushers: Chelsea… Read more »
New York Times Writer Slams President Over Recovery ‘Spin,’ Jobs
Brutal: The administration can spin its ”recovery” any way it wants. But working families can’t pay their bills with data about the gross domestic product. They need the income from steady employment. And when it comes to employment, [this] administration has compiled the worst record since the Great Depression. … The jobs picture is far… Read more »