http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/nicholaskristof/ en-us Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:50:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978517/posts Mr. Obama recalled the opening lines of the Arabic call to prayer, reciting them with a first-rate accent. In a remark that seemed delightfully uncalculated..., Mr. Obama described the call to prayer as "one of the prettiest sounds on Earth at sunset." Nevada Thunder (from New York Times) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1978517/posts#comment Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:50:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012911/posts It was just another ho-hum piece by another liberal columnist. Hillary Clinton should get out now because staying in hurts Barack Obama against McCain. Yada yada yada. But in his column of today, Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times, almost in passing, makes what is, on reflection, a telling disclosure of what is truly the fundamental value, the uniting principle of the Democratic party: abortion. After first fretting that many Hillary supporters will sit on their hands or vote for McCain, Kristof offers this countervailing fact: "It’s true that most of Senator Clinton’s supporters presumably will flinch if they... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012911/posts#comment Thu, 8 May 2008 10:43:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961824/posts FOR A FEW FLEETING moments Monday night--what should have been vivid and affecting moments--television coverage of President Bush's final State of the Union address fastened on the image of a mother and daughter from Moshi, Tanzania. They sat, their faces alive with hope, in the first lady's box seats. Viewers were not told, and no one seemed inclined to tell them, that Tatu Msangi and her daughter Faith quite literally owe their lives to the Bush administration. After Msangi became pregnant, she went to a clinic at the Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center and learned she was HIV-positive. Five years ago... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961824/posts#comment Wed, 30 Jan 2008 05:34:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778973/posts "We have met the enemy and he is us." - Pogo comic strip, 1971 Nicholas Kristof has apparently embraced the Walt Kelly view of America. When it comes to the war in Iraq, the only evildoers the New York Times columnist seems to see are Americans. At the foot of his pay-to-play of column of January 23rd, Kristof invited readers to submit their literary analogies for President Bush and Iraq. In today's columnn, Kristof mentions having received over 400 reader responses. And which entry does Kristof choose to feature at the column's beginning and that might fairly be taken... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1778973/posts#comment Sun, 4 Feb 2007 12:10:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761645/posts Nicholas Kristof has fetched up with a classic of a column for students of what is called the New York Times double standard. In a column offering President Bush "10 suggestions for what you can do in 2007 to try to rescue your legacy," number three on Mr. Kristof's list was "confront the genocide in Darfur." "President Bill Clinton has said that the biggest regret of his administration is not responding to the Rwandan genocide, and someday you — and your biographers — will rue your lame response to Darfur," writes Mr. Kristof, who goes on to suggest "inviting the... New York Sun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1761645/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jan 2007 07:02:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760573/posts The passing of President Ford has New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof fantasizing about the ignominy that President Bush's obituary will heap on him for his handling of Iraq. In what Kristof claims to be "the holiday spirit," he offers W ten suggestions to rescue his legacy. After all, what says "holiday spirit" more than dreaming about someone's death? You can read all ten suggestions here if you've anted up to the Times, but for those loath to lard the Times' coffers, let me single out two of Kristof's recommendations: "Seriously engage Iraq’s nastier neighbors, including Iran and Syria,... NewsBusters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760573/posts#comment Sun, 31 Dec 2006 13:56:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618194/posts After years of denial, Sami Al-Arian has finally admitted it: he has pleaded guilty to a charge of “conspiracy to make or receive contributions of funds to or for the benefit of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a Specially Designated Terrorist” organization. He has agreed to accept deportation. In his 2002 defense of Al-Arian, Eric Boehlert wrote: “The al-Arian story reveals what happens when journalists, abandoning their role as unbiased observers, lead an ignorant, alarmist crusade against suspicious foreigners who in a time of war don't have the power of the press or public sympathy to fight back.” Reality is just the... FrontPageMagazine.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618194/posts#comment Thu, 20 Apr 2006 12:26:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549485/posts The strange beliefs of Nicholas Kristof A couple of years ago, to celebrate the Catholic feast of the Assumption, Nicholas Kristof wrote a column called “Believe it or Not” (New York Times, 8-15-03), in which he scoffed at the naïve religious beliefs of Americans and in particular at the absurdity of believing in the Virgin Birth of Christ. This year, to celebrate Christmas, I wish to reply to his charges. In publishing his column, Kristof showed considerable bravery. Not by attacking religious believers (which is mere political correctness) but by exposing his own beliefs, which are touchingly old-fashioned and naive.... American Thinker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1549485/posts#comment Fri, 30 Dec 2005 20:49:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531679/posts In the world's newsrooms, truth is particularly vulnerable in times of war. Indeed, it is often said to be the first casualty. Historically, the media have deceived their audience on behalf of their own side, of which offense the New York Times' reporter Judith Miller stands accused, even if unintentionally. The Times forced Miller's resignation for depending too heavily on flawed intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq War. "Judy's stories about WMD fit too perfectly with the White House's case for war," griped back-stabbing colleague Maureen Dowd in a column that hastened Miller's departure. In a pattern that started... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1531679/posts#comment Thu, 1 Dec 2005 02:19:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505718/posts A federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed a former Army scientist to proceed with a libel lawsuit against The New York Times that claims one of the paper's columnists unfairly linked him to the 2001 anthrax killings. Steven Hatfill sued the Times for a series of columns written in 2002 by Nicholas Kristof that faulted the FBI for failing to thoroughly investigate Hatfill for anthrax mailings that left five people dead. In a 6-6 decision, with one judge not participating, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals failed to produce a majority of judges needed to grant a rehearing and... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1505718/posts#comment Thu, 20 Oct 2005 05:41:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1452728/posts Appeals court reinstates anthrax libel lawsuit Thu Jul 28, 2005 6:22 PM ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals court reinstated on Thursday a libel lawsuit by former U.S. Army scientist Steven Hatfill against The New York Times Co. over a series of columns that he said implicated him in the deadly anthrax mailings in 2001. By a 2-1 vote, a panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a federal judge's dismissal of the lawsuit that claimed that columns by Nicholas Kristof published in 2002 defamed Hatfill and caused him emotional distress. "At this stage of litigation,... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1452728/posts#comment Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:47:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/602170/posts I think I know who sent out the anthrax last fall. He is an American insider, a man working in the military bio-weapons field. He's a skilled microbiologist who did not aim to kill anybody or even to disrupt the postal system. Rather, he wanted to sow terror. Like many in the bio-warfare field, he felt that the government was not sufficiently attuned to the risks of anthrax, so he seized upon the opportunity presented by Sept. 11 to get more attention and funding for bio-terror programs like those that have been his career. How do I know all this? ... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/602170/posts#comment Sat, 5 Jan 2002 12:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339995/posts IT MUST BE stressful to be a Democrat. You never know what wars to oppose, what government bureaucracies to support, what lies to tell; everything changes everyday. Also, increasingly, it’s really hard to find friends. One reason for this may be Iraq, the country that was going to be just fine with Saddam, in which containment would do wonders, and in which there were no WMD because George Bush is a big fat stupid liar. All we heard from liberals for years was how risky and precarious and implausible elections were for that country, but now, like magic, the Left... MENS NEWS DAILY.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1339995/posts#comment Thu, 10 Feb 2005 04:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1004272/posts Since midsummer, the Senate Intelligence Committee has been attempting to solve the biggest mystery of the Iraq war: the disparity between the Bush Administration’s prewar assessment of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction and what has actually been discovered. The committee is concentrating on the last ten years’ worth of reports by the C.I.A. Preliminary findings, one intelligence official told me, are disquieting. “The intelligence community made all kinds of errors and handled things sloppily,” he said. The problems range from a lack of quality control to different agencies’ reporting contradictory assessments at the same time. One finding, the official went... The New Yorker http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1004272/posts#comment Mon, 20 Oct 2003 12:34:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316766/posts BRING BACK DDT  By Michelle Malkin   ·   January 08, 2005 11:02 AM  Bravo for New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, who calls today for DDT to be sprayed in malaria-ravaged countries. Here's the intro: If the U.S. wants to help people in tsunami-hit countries like Sri Lanka and Indonesia - not to mention other poor countries in Africa - there's one step that would cost us nothing and would save hundreds of thousands of lives. It would be to allow DDT in malaria-ravaged countries.I'm thrilled that we're pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into the relief effort, but the... Michelle Malkin's Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1316766/posts#comment Sat, 8 Jan 2005 18:39:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1218181/posts WHAT DO New York Times columnist Nicholas D. Kristof and tabloid biographer Kitty Kelley have in common? They share a source. Not that Kristof admits it, of course. In his September 15 column, the Pulitzer Prize winner tells the dramatic story of Yoshi Tsurumi, who taught President Bush at Harvard Business school. What you won't find in the column is any mention of the fact that Kitty Kelley broke the Tsurumi story in her new book, The Family. Here is Kristof: One fall day in 1973, when Mr. Bush was a new student at Harvard Business School, he was wearing... Weekly Standard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1218181/posts#comment Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:26:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171455/posts The former Army scientist identified by authorities as a "person of interest" in the 2001 anthrax attacks sued the New York Times Co. and columnist Nicholas D. Kristof yesterday, claiming the paper defamed him in a series of columns that identified him as the likely culprit. The lawsuit, filed by Steven J. Hatfill in U.S. District Court in Alexandria, said Kristof identified him as the anthrax killer to "light a fire" under investigators in their probe of the anthrax-spore mailings, which killed five people and sickened 17. He accused Kristof of hurling "false and defamatory" allegations and the Times of... W Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1171455/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jul 2004 21:41:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1143280/posts Nicholas Kristof wins the black belt as the leading Palestinian apologist and Israel hater in the history of The New York Times. This is no small accomplishment. Who else could make guys like me yearn for the return of Anthony Lewis and turn Thomas Friedman into an even-handed observer? Yesterday's column did the trick. Kristof put the blame on Israel for most of the troubles we have around the world, particularly in Iraq. The direct blame. Indirectly, he rapped President Bush for his "unbalanced" support of Ariel Sharon and called on John Kerry to stop blindly supporting Israel's "bloodstained" prime... NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1143280/posts#comment Thu, 27 May 2004 17:07:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/948274/posts The New York Times -- unrelenting champion of the underprivileged, mighty battler against all corporate evils, and vehement opponent of Republican tax cuts for the "rich and powerful" -- lives by a far more self-serving motto:All the corporate welfare that's fit to collect.You won't see it reported on the Times' front page, so here's the scoop: The Gray Lady is a greedy leech, siphoning off millions of dollars in state taxpayer subsidies for private real estate development disguised as a public good. Now, the company stands to benefit from a federal tax-exempt bond program intended to help businesses devastated by... TownHall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/948274/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jul 2003 06:16:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/904704/posts Toogood Reports [Weekender, May 4, 2003; 12:01 a.m. EST]URL: http://ToogoodReports.com/ A Few Good Persons If you're goin' to fight for freedom, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, If you go to fight for freedom, April time will be a love-in there. Remember the song, "San Francisco"? As written by John Phillips and sung by Scott McKenzie, it was a big hit in 1967, a time when the city by the bay was famous for "flower children." "If you're going to San Francisco, Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, If you're going to San Francisco,... Toogood Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/904704/posts#comment Fri, 2 May 2003 18:11:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893907/posts Baghdad’s Useful IdiotTimes columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote “The Stones of Baghdad” from Baghdad back in October, but it’s even more disturbingly relevant now. Blogger Dean Esmay went down the memory hole to dredge up the words Kristof (one hopes) would rather not have penned: “After scores of interviews with ordinary people from Mosul in the north to Basra in the south, I've reached two conclusions: 1. Iraqis dislike and distrust Saddam Hussein, particularly outside the Sunni heartland, and many Iraqis will be delighted to see him gone. 2. Iraqis hate the United States government even more than they hate Saddam,... Times Watch http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/893907/posts#comment Tue, 15 Apr 2003 22:07:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/889832/posts April 10, 2003, 7:45 a.m.Hall of ShameMedia recriminations after VB Day.By NR Staff o many pundits, pols, and, yes, celebs, said so many wrong — and downright silly — things about the war in Iraq, prewar. We knew that back then, but now that Baghdad has effectively been liberated by the U.S.-lead Coalition, we provide a handy snapshot of what was said by some of those who should be looking down and making their apologies. Included here are Maureen Dowd, Chris Matthews, and Barry McCaffrey, the latter one of the retired-general second guessers Vice President Dick Cheney dubbed “embedded... National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/889832/posts#comment Thu, 10 Apr 2003 12:43:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/855657/posts The indictment of a former Florida professor on charges of being a Palestinian terrorist has cast a very different light on some past punditry. After flying to Tampa to interview him, New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof wrote last year that the University of South Florida's attempt to fire Sami Al-Arian shed light on "what kind of universities we desire, how much dissent we dare tolerate and how we treat minorities in times of national stress." He noted that the proceedings began after "Bill O'Reilly invited Mr. Al-Arian on his Fox News show and virtually accused him of being a... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/855657/posts#comment Mon, 3 Mar 2003 11:42:45 GMT