February 4, 2005

REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE A SERIOUS NEWSPAPER?:

The Senate and Mr. Gonzales (NY Times, 2/04/05)

The confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general yesterday was depressing.

Posted by Orrin Judd at February 4, 2005 5:54 PM
Comments

How fey, how metrosexual, how urban, what snot, who cares.

Posted by: Luciferous at February 4, 2005 6:20 PM

Looks like the Times needs a shrink. This confused editorial even manages to trot out the lazy catch-all, "Orwellian." Hey, man, you forgot "Kafkaesque."

Posted by: David Hill, The Bronx at February 4, 2005 8:24 PM

Perhaps it was written by Maureen Dowd.

Posted by: jim hamlen at February 4, 2005 9:19 PM

REMEMBER WHEN THEY WERE A SERIOUS NEWSPAPER?

Huh? They were?

Posted by: Matt Murphy at February 5, 2005 1:36 AM

Matt,

Apparently oj is much, much older than he appears. :-)

Posted by: Kirk Parker at February 5, 2005 1:49 AM

"The confirmation of Alberto Gonzales as attorney general yesterday was depressing."

Take a pill. Get over it. Get on with your little lives.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at February 5, 2005 5:04 PM

Was it before or after Anthony Lewis shrugged off the Cambodian genocide?

Posted by: Kevin A. Bowman at February 6, 2005 4:10 AM
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