Times’ Abramson Is On—Then Off! In Scooter Trial

WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Feb. 13, just minutes before 10 a.m., New York Times managing editor Jill Abramson entered Courtroom No. 16 in the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, in Washington, D.C.

There, Ms. Abramson became the latest celebrity journalist to take the stand in the perjury trial of former Vice Presidential aide I. Lewis (Scooter) Libby. Read More

The Times States There Is an Israel Lobby, Then Demonstrates Its Strength

Hat’s off to the New York Times. Yesterday’s front-page profile of Philip Zelikow, a top aide to Condoleeza (help me, spellcheck) Rice and the head of the 9/11 Commission, referred baldly to a fundamental divide among policymakers between “realists” (Zelikow) and “neoconservatives and the pro-Israel lobby.” This is great news. The Times accepts the Read More