SEIU’s New President Should Be Asked about Liabilities, Change to Win Coalition

SEIU's new president has already signaled that she would like to reconcile with other union organizations that had difficult relations with her predecessor Andy Stern. This profile piece on Mary Kay Henry includes some informative observations. But it omits any discussion of the union's declining financial fortunes and its relationship to the Change to Win coalition... “Visionary, but divisive.” That’s how The New York Times describes the Service Employee International Union’s (SEIU) forme...

“Media Marxists” and FCC Regulators Should be Added to Coverage of Court Case

Although a federal court has ruled against FCC plans to further control the Internet, government agents and far-left pressure groups are redoubling their efforts to advance new regulations. The NYT and other media outlets have a special obligation to expose the radical elements working to undercut freedom and autonomy on the world wide web... After reporting on a federal appeals court decision that limits the ability of federal regulators to control Internet traffic, The New York Times should...

Justice Clarence Thomas Offers Concurring Opinion on Second Amendment Worthy of Greater Coverage

Throughout history certain U.S. Supreme Court justices have offered concurring opinions (for better or worse) that side with the majority of justices but for a distinct reason. Associate Justice Clarence Thomas has opened the way to a more principled jurisprudence that does not fixate on precedent. His opinion in McDonald v. Chicago warrants additional reporting... Within the academy and the news media, prevailing opinion holds that the Supreme Court’s decision in the 1873 Slaughter-House cas...

Conservative, Tea-Party Appeal of Primary Winners Submerged in Bland Coverage

Suppose for a moment that the "moderate" Republicans favored in the news media and the Republican Party establishment prevailed over the more conservative leaning candidates  in the June primaries. Ideology would not go missing in coverage under that scenario. But when Tea Party favorites and conservative endorsements win out, that's not news... If the election results in Utah, South Carolina and North Carolina had gone differently in the June Republican primary elections, The New York Times ...