NY Times Notable Books of 2009

The NY Times’ 100 Notable Books of 2009.

J Street in the NY Times

From the NY Times magazine profile on J Street:
J Street maintains that most American Jews share its views on the Middle East. They are reliably liberal on questions of war and peace; three-quarters of Jewish respondents to a 2007 Gallup poll, for example, opposed the war in Iraq. The question is how much of an [...]

NY Times profile on Tucker Max and movie

Not a review of the movie but the NY Times profiles Tucker Max.

Neal Brennan in the NY Times

Neal Brennan, younger brother of the great Kevin and co-creator of “Chappelle’s Show”, gets a profile in the Times brought on by the release of his directorial debut “The Goods”. Some good behind the scenes on the Chappelle stuff.

Not how you want a review of your book to end

This NY Times book review (via) is pretty brutal. Not liking a book is fine, negative reviews happen, but do you really have to say this?
Chesa Boudin seems like a genial guy with a bright future stretching far ahead of him. If “Gringo” is any indication, that future should not include committing sentences to paper [...]

Funny people say funny things

The NY Times has a profile of Amy Poehler (via) in anticipation of her new show Parks and Recreation. You don’t really get a sense of how the show is going to be but the profile has some good lines in it:
Amy Poehler on the show: “I think we’ll be the first TV show to [...]

You aren’t really following 50 Cent

The NY Times has a blockbuster story in Friday’s paper: Some of the celebs on Twitter….(drum roll)… are using ghostwriters to write their tweets! Its not really 50 Cent! Or Britney! Its some person they’ve hired to promote their brand and make you feel like you are getting closer to them. From the article:
But someone [...]

These days a lot of Paul Krugman’s NY Time’s columns are mus-read. Today’s certainly qualifies. Go read it.

On the occasion of Rahm Emanuel accepting the Chief of Staff position in the Obama White House, Mr. Steingold of Los Angeles passes along this long but very good 1997 profile of Emanuel in the NY Times.

Embarrassment to journalism Judy Miller, formerly of the NY Times, is now going to be a Fox News contributor. A match made in heaven I suppose. But it also turns out, via HuffPost, that she’s an Obama supporter. Not sure what I make of that.

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