Health care reporter Kevin Sack on outcry against recommendations that women under 50 no longer get mammograms: "This week, the science of medicine bumped up against the foundations of American medical consumerism: that more is better, that saving a life is worth any sacrifice, that health care is a birthright."  Full Story..

Colin Moynihan writes of radical lawyer Lynne Stewart's "long record of representing the disadvantaged, the destitute and the despised." She was convicted of aiding a Muslim terrorist. Last year, Moynihan wondered what the fuss was about the mild-mannered William Ayers.  Full Story..

Chief political reporter Adam Nagourney saw reasons for GOP optimism at a governors' conference, but some copy editor and photo caption writers effectively buried that part of his story.  Full Story..

From reporter John Broder's unflattering profile of U.S. Chamber of Commerce president Thomas Donohue, who stands in the way of massive restrictions in the name of fighting global warming: "A wave of criticism arose from Congress, the White House, environmental organizations and some businesses that accused the chamber and its president of a reactionary pursuit of anti-environmental policies."  Full Story..

Helene Cooper has the Times mantra down pat, repeating the same charge she wrote about on Monday: Conservative bloggers made a controversy out of Obama's long, deep bow to the emperor of Japan a controversy.  Full Story..

A Times promotional email to professors reads: "To begin, please email me with a copy of your syllabus listing the New York Times as required reading."  Full Story..

Young Times reporter Jodi Kantor has signed "a stunning seven-figure book deal" about Obama, less than a month after her flattering piece on the First Couple appeared on the cover of the Times magazine.  Full Story..

Diplomatic reporter Helene Cooper applied some spin to Barack Obama's hamstrung visit to Beijing.  Full Story..

The ongoing shortage of swine flu vaccine is not laid at the feet of the Obama White House: His name doesn't even appear in a story quoting "federal health officials" about the shortages. But with Bush and John Kerry locked in a close election in 2004, a Times headline spelled it out: "Flu Vaccine Policy Becomes Issue for Bush."  Full Story..

but in an April column, Krugman compared Rush Limbaugh to Joseph Stalin.  Full Story..