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So tell me precisely what the Manhattan DA did wrong?

Posted by William A. Jacobson on July 03, 2011 24 Comments

The New York Times and New York Magazine have the long knives out for Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr. But tell me, what precisely is it the DA’s office did wrong in the Strauss-Kahn case? There was a quick indictment and serious terms to home confinement...

Gimme That Old Time (Climate Change) Religion

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 15, 2011 26 Comments

Following up on the story earlier about predictions of a looming mini-Ice Age due to changes in solar sun spot activity, reader Billy sent me a link to this Time magazine article from 1974, Another Ice Age? I’ll excerpt the article here, but you really...

Count Frankula Joining New York Magazine

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 01, 2011 5 Comments

Frank Rich, one of the worst flame throwers at The NY Times (which is saying a lot) and a frequent subject of posts here, is leaving The Times to join New York Magazine: Frank Rich is joining New York Magazine, beginning in June. Rich will...

“What’s Martha Afraid Of?”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 03, 2010 2 Comments

Martha Coakley refuses to debate Scott Brown one-on-one. Coakley is the front-runner with better name recognition, so she has much to lose from debating Brown one-on-one. But Coakley has even more to lose from not having the courage to take on Brown. Put together with...

Time Magazine’s Anti-Israel Business Strategy

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 12, 2009 0 Comments

Hardly anyone reads Time magazine anymore. I say “anymore” for those people under the age of 40, who are too young to remember a day when Time represented the gold-standard of weekly news publications. If it weren’t for an occasional visit to a doctor’s waiting...