Times Watch

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• "Civil Libertarians" NYT's New Euphemism for Liberals
  Legal reporter Charles Savage breaks it out several times in a story to describe opposition to provisins of the Patriot Act. Savage uncovered no "liberal" opponents but did locate "fierce opposition from Senate conservatives."
  
  
• Times Science Writer Flouts Media Wisdom on Life Expectancy, Socialized Medicine
  Science writer John Tierney finds other reasons besides lack of socialized medicine for America's low life expectancy compared to Europe: We used to smoke a lot more, for one.
  
  
• Tanenhaus Sees Conservatives in "Rigor Mortis" Despite Tea Parties, Floats Conspiracy Theory on Bush v. Gore
  Times editor Sam Tanenhaus, author of "The Death of Conservatism," insists to Bill Moyers that the massive protests against Obama may be "overt signs of energy and vitality, but the rigor mortis I described is still there." on Bush vs. Gore: "Well, the conservatives on the Supreme Court stopped the democratic process, put their guy into office."
  
  
• We'll Bleat Again: Alan Cowell Comes Out Against Afghan War in Vera Lynn Tribute
  Reporter Alan Cowell can't pay tribute to Britain's World War II songstress Vera Lynn without bringing up the war in Afghanistan where Britain is "leeching the lives of the soldiers it sends there."
  
  
• Peter Goodman Faults America's "Faith in Unfettered Markets" and Horatio Alger-Optimism
  Times economics reporter Peter Goodman again laments the American "faith in unfettered markets" and wonders if the country will revert to "Casino America" after the financial crisis recedes.
  
  

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