When Andrew Rosenthal fell to earth in New Delhi, 1956,

he was a rather ugly child.

Fifty-two years later, he still is.

Greg Sargent whinnied when he saw that his TPM post about

Maureen Dowd had prompted New York Times editorial-page

editor Andrew Rosenthal to say, "It’s driving me out of my

fucking mind!"

MoDo's Cat

Maureen Dowd Diagnosed with Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca,

Blames Disorder on Hillary Clinton

"My only New Year's Resolution is to do my best to reach

maturity without becoming Eel Florentine on Pinch

Sulzberger's table."

Get the New York Times delivered to your doorstep for only

$6.40 a week. But there are two good reasons to leave it there:

first, it's the bad acid you've been warned about, and second,

it will make your neighbors think you are so rich you can afford

to take really long trips.

"Are They That Afraid Of Bill Kristol?" asks Ed Morrissey.

No, but they are that afraid of someone who says, "Oh,

my stars and garters!"

"We have views on our Op-Ed page," writes Andrew Rosenthal,

"that are as hawkish or more so than Bill Kristol's. Take the

views of Swainson Hawke, for instance."

"We are thrilled to add Bill Kristol’s distinctive voice to our

Op-Ed page,” said Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor

of the New York Times. "He is a captivating writer, a keen

observer of the political landscape, and an even better

speller than I was in the third grade."

"I'm thrilled to announce I have been hired by the

New York Times, an irredeemably second-rate

newspaper which should be prosecuted by the

Justice Department for gratuitously revealing

classified information."

In the New York Times the other day, Mark Halperin, political

analyst for Time, wrote that George W. Bush was a "wildly

talented politician." Asked if he was referring to the current

President of the United States, Mr. Halperin only grinned

and stuck his thumb back in his mouth.

Cover Photo of New York Times Bestseller,

Accupuncture for Dummies

"The hegemon will change. The hegemon will do

more negotiating. But the hegemon will live." -- David Brooks

Hegemony Cricket

A new report from the GAO confirms what has long been suspected,

namely, that Michael Gordon of The New York Times pulls his ideas

out of the Pentagon's ass.

NYT's Michael Gordon Says Motto Is

"All the News That Fits We Print"

Michael Gordon Exposed As Pentagon Propagandist

Embedded with the New York Times

"So, you're Michael Gordon, the New York Times reporter who

put all the Bush Administration malarkey about Iraqi WMDs on

the front page of the newspaper of record. And now you're doing

the same thing regarding Iran. Have you no shame, sir, have you

no shame?"

Michael Gordon Named the Judith Miller Reciter of Bush

Administration Warmongering for the New York Times

Anne Kornblut is the New York Times reporter who

regularly gets email from the folks who work in

the paper's Corrections Department, thanking her

for keeping them busy.

"Hi, I'm John Tierney.

Have you ever wondered

if I moved my hand,

would my head fall off?"