[Tainan]

Your posting was a bit confusing at first because you didn’t differentiate your opening comments from the actual text that appeared in the paper. You may want to modify that so that it’s clear which is which.

Also, was this an editorial or a straight news article? And is the author listed?

Yeah, what she said.
I followed the link at the blog site and went to the NYT -> got nothing.
Can't find the article.

Got link?

[Madame Dufarge]

It's on their Op Ed page:

Don't Fear Islamic Law in America