Posted on 09/26/2007 8:20:25 AM PDT by ventanax5
Liberty and security are forever in tension, and never more so than in wartime. This is particularly true when, as in both World War II and the ongoing struggle against radical Islam, the nation has been subjected to a devastating domestic attack and is addled by the prospect of additional strikes.
These conditions always spark fierce controversy between civil libertarians and those whose first concern is national security. Thankfully, people of good will are abundant on both sides. Regrettably, the New York Times is, by contrast, the most juvenile type of libertarian: both doctrinaire and hyper-partisan — instinctively unreasonable when it comes to the most modest public-safety measures, and devoid of any self-correcting detachment if the word “Bush” has even the most attenuated association.
That’s fine. There is a place for doctrinaire partisans. Their fulminations can bring a welcome sharpening to any debate … as long as the debate is kept where it belongs: the opinion pages.
The Times, however, can’t keep it to the opinion pages. Day after day, news coverage in a once-great newspaper devolves into Left-wing polemic, to the point where there is no longer a qualitative difference between the Times and The Nation. Save one: The Nation, self-described “flagship of the left,” has no pretensions about being anything other than the Nation; the Times still pretends to be the Newspaper of Record — and continues to be treated that way by the “mainstream” press (which itself still pretends to be mainstream).
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THAT was an impressive article.
If only it weren’t too late.
Unfortunately the MSM runs rings around the conservative press.
If this is the Dem plan to stonewall/trash the Judge, I can say he will be easily confirmed. Can you believe the Dems would use this as a rallying cry against the Judge? With Chuckie Shumer anything is possible, but even twisted by the Times do you want to challenge a Judge who did his job well during the 9/11 investigation and be seen as a friend to Al Queda? We will see. Obviously Pinch must think so. What an ass.
I certainly hope Andrew McCarthy is invited to testify at Judge Mukasey’s confirmation hearing. That was an awesome takedown of the Terrorist Times.
That would be a good thing. I wonder if the Dems will allow true debate? Regardless, we now have many avenues to circumvent the left/MSM, so their high tech lynchings aren’t what they used to be.
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