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12/16/2005 Archived Entry: "Only half a cheer for the New York Times"

I was ready to relent, and give the New York Times an "attaboy" for breaking the story about the NSA's domestic spying. Then I read the punch line of the story: "The newspaper [The New York Times] said it held the story for a year at the administration's request."

Still lapdogs for the administration, I see. Was it outrage over the Patriot Act renewal that finally reminded them that they are -- ostensibly -- journalists?  —brad