The New York Times has been running a column on their website called “The Stone”,  which is billed as a forum for contemporary philosophers on issues that are “both timely and timeless”. The latest writer considers the anger in the Tea Party movement, and concludes that sometimes things are about a “clash about what is real and what is not.” Referencing Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, he boils down the passion, frustration, and conviction of those organizing and marching on the streets to “nihilism” and a dangerous “fantasy of destruction.” Tea Party members are frustrated with the modern world and can’t cope, he argues, so – clinging to their delusions about personal autonomy and independence – they’re lashing out.| MORE ›

The New York Times reports that General Motors continues to push through reforms necessary for it to survive:

General Motors told more than 1,100 dealers Friday that their franchises would not be renewed next year, bringing the total for the week to nearly 2,000 car dealers that learned they were no longer wanted.| MORE ›

CNN, MSNBC, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times and every other liberal media organization out there have desperately tried to convince Americans that the tea party protesters were Republican hacks who ignored President George W. Bush’s irresponsible behavior and who are now using recession to tar Democrats. Sadly for them, however, they are incorrect. The Tea Parties were bipartisan in nature:| MORE ›

The troubled New York Times Co. threatened to shut down the Boston Globe yesterday:

The New York Times Co. has threatened to shut the Boston Globe unless the newspaper’s unions swiftly agree to $20 million in concessions, union leaders said.

Executives from the Times Co.| MORE ›

Yahoo! News reports that all major American newspapers – except for the Wall Street Journal – are losing readers. Fast.

The Audit Bureau of Circulations said Monday that average daily circulation declined 7.1 percent in the October-March period from the same six-month span in 2007-2008.| MORE ›

NYT hypocrisy: blasting Clinton for nodding, letting Obama get away with major bow.

Ed Morrissey (read the entire post) points out that the New York Times‘ refusal to cover President Barack Obama’s strange bow before King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is a bit… hypocritical:| MORE ›