NYT Attributes GOP Election Victory to Shady Anonymous Donors, Dismisses Tea Party Factor

Yes, the Republicans benefited from corporate donors and other political entities that offered up critical financial support in the run up to 2012. But, even the New York Times is forced to admit that on balance the Democrats raised more money. So what was the decisive factor? Shady "outside organizations" and anonymous donors? How bout ideology? The GOP's renewed commitment to constitutional limited government struck a chord with Tea Party activists and average citizens who are rightly concerne...

NYT Online Forum Explores Conservative Antipathy Toward Woodrow Wilson and Progressives

Thanks to Glenn Beck of Fox News, more Americans are becoming acquainted with the Progressive Era and its separation from the founding period. But Beck and others do come in for some sharp criticism from the left in an online forum hosted by the NYT that analyzes conservative criticism of President Woodrow Wilson... An online discussion entitled “Hating Woodrow Wilson” hosted by The New York Times is being used by the left as a way to attack and sully Fox News personality Glenn Beck who has ...

Anonymous Source Used to Advance Anti-Tea Party Agenda in Manufactured Reports

Just make it up. That appears to be mindset at work in a front page story and subsequent business section report that takes aim at Tea Party activists who helped to shift public sentiment against President Obama's agenda and the Democratic Party. An anonymous source is used to advance the idea that Tea Party is synonymous with extremism... Somehow average Americans who pine for constitutional limited government and the ideals of the founding period are considered extreme and unhinged. Meanwhi...

NYT Seeks to Discredit Rep. Boehner’s Business Alliances as White House Gets a Free Pass on Lobbying Ties, Union Support

Although the Obama White House is filled to the rim with former lobbyists, Rep. John Boehner's alliances and connections with pro-business groups are somehow illegitimate and unseemly. With the mid-term elections just a few weeks away, the idea here is to take down and discredit an effective, well-liked minority leader who is well positioned to become the next House Speaker. Private strategy sessions organized in concert with free market activists and lobbyists who are united in their opposit...

Krugman Views Tax Cuts as an “Expensive Proposition” But not “Stimulus” Legislation

American taxpayers are feeling a little nostalgic about former President Bush and his tax cuts. There's no question that they were just what the doctor ordered after the 9/11 terror attacks. But NYT columnist Paul Krugman is opposed to extending the cuts because he sees them as a giveaway to rich. The alternative approach he suggests is quite costly in its own right... Whatever voters may think of former President George W. Bush these days, they think very highly of their disposable income,...