Tag Archives: New York Times Public Editor

August 3 2013 Politics Round-Up

According to the Freakonomics guys, fathers of daughters are more likely to get divorced. MORETTI: There are three main channels. First of all, women who have daughters are more likely to have never been married than women who have boys. Second, … Continue reading

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July 23 2013 Line-Up

David Jablow turned a cheesy pinup into some more imaginative images, posting 15 of those on his website. Comic Book Resources kicks off its list of the best X-Men stories. Anthony Weiner is Carlos Danger, and someone did a mock … Continue reading

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July 21 2013 Politics Round-Up

Jonathan Bernstein suggests that Hillary Clinton may once again be beaten by a younger male candidate just elected to the Senate. The focus of this piece is on Cruz’s general election viability. When it comes to the primary, I’m not going to start handicapping … Continue reading

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Where Republicans and Feminist Academics Agree

American conservatives tend to have a conflicted response to authority, and that shows in the reaction to the New York Times‘s Truth Vigilante column. Conservatives seem to have a postmodern position, similar to what is associated with several strands of (mostly liberal) academia. … Continue reading

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Factchecking in a Post-Truth World

Paul Krugman wrote an op-ed piece about how we’re in a post-truth society, essentially because Republicans are able to say nasty things without officially called out for it by the media. So here’s my forecast for next year: If Mr. … Continue reading

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