NBC Jealous? Runs Story on Palin Avoiding Press Sep 25, 2008
KING: Our friend, Frank Rich, in "The New York Times" Sunday wrote of your challenging McCain on truthfulness in our news culture ... BEHAR: Well, that was quite a compliment from Frank Rich, I must say. (MediaResearch.org)
Bill Clinton's advice to Barack Obama Sep 13, 2008
Republicans don t care what Frank Rich, Maureen Dowd or establishment media has to say about them, said Penn. 8. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Sept. 2008: By 5-to-1 Public Thinks Most Journalists Trying to Elect Obama Sep 12, 2008
The former NBC News reporter doesn't usually get too hyperbolic in his twice-weekly columns, which is why TimesWatch more often cites the spikier leftist columnists like Paul Krugman and Frank Rich -- plus Herbert's soporofic style makes one reluctant to read on ... " What's gotten into the Times' normally mild-mannered, paleo-liberal columnist Bob Herbert? The former NBC News reporter doesn't usually get too hyperbolic in his twice-weekly columns, which is why TimesWatch more often cites the... (MediaResearch.org)
Alaska is the New Kansas Sep 10, 2008
Frank Rich of the New York Times had the considerable bad taste to call the McCain-Palin ticket a "shotgun marriage.". And Sean Combs, who also goes by "Diddy," probingly asked in one of his recent blogs, "What is the reality in Alaska? There aren t even any crackheads in Alaska. There aren t no black people in Alaska. (In fact, there are more blacks per capita in Alaska than in 13 other states, and -- not that it's something to brag about -- Alaska has a higher percentage of crack addicts than... (Human Events Online)
One Big Bailout Sep 7, 2008
"It was hard to find a journalist last week who felt any unusual sense of siege or discomfort." Frank Rich is more cynical: "By hurling charges of sexism and elitism at any easily cowed journalist who raises a question about Palin, McCain operatives are hoping to ensure that whatever happened in Alaska with Sarah Palin stays in Alaska,". "They just might pull it off.". (Slate)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 4, 2008 Sep 5, 2008
"Still LYAO no doubt? SOLON wrote on Sep 4, 2008 12:29 PM:Obama vs. the BloviatorStop the presses! This election isn't about the Clintons after all. It isn't about the Acropolis columns erected at Invesco Field. It isn't about who is Paris Hilton and who is Hanoi Hilton. (Though it may yet be about who is Sarah Palin, who is sucking all the wind out of McCain.) It is about Palins pony tail, and teaching your daughter about condoms.As columnist Frank Rich said "After a weeklong orgy of inane... (North County Times)
PUTIN TOPS VANITY FAIR NEW ESTABLISHMENT LIST; MURDOCH NO. 2... Sep 3, 2008
Frank Rich, The New York Times, HBO (82) 83. John Galliano, Christian Dior, Galliano (new entry) 84. (The Drudge Report)
Theme for the Barackathon Aug 25, 2008
First, Frank Rich wrote that McCain s trigger-happy temperament and reactionary policies offer worse than no change. Second, the lovely and talented Maureen Dowd wrote of McCain, Did his captivity inform a search-and-destroy, shoot-first-ask-questions-later, We are all Georgians, mentality. (Human Events Online)
Entertainment Report Aug 21, 2008
The third finalist announced Tuesday was Simon Rich, son of New York Times columnist Frank Rich, for "Ant Farm," an essay collection. The Thurber Prize is named for author-illustrator James Thurber. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Three writers up for top humor prize Aug 20, 2008
Rich, son of New York Times columnist Frank Rich, is a Harvard University graduate who served as president of the Harvard Lampoon, the school's famed humor magazine. advertisement. (MSNBC -- News)
Conventional Nonsense Aug 14, 2008
At past conventions, the New York Times capitalized on the faux drama by reformed theater critic Frank Rich and Maureen Dowd to write about the pitiful political performances. But such a gimmick is hard to sustain. (Slate)
LETTERS: NCT, Aug. 3, 2008 Aug 4, 2008
In a column of July 20, Frank Rich did something only he could make up ("The real life '24' of summer 2008"). He went over the edge. (North County Times)
The bad side to the 'good war' Aug 1, 2008
But Afghanistan is the "good war", aimed at "those who attacked us", in the words of columnist Frank Rich. It is "the war of necessity", asserts the New York Times, to roll back the "power of al-Qaeda and the Taliban". (Asia Times Online)
You simply must adore Obama Jul 29, 2008
The biggest news of the week, Jim, was the discovery of the giant hole at the center of the GOP. I ll let Frank Rich explain, since he was the masterful sleuth who uncovered this mighty shortcoming, in a lovely little essay titled How Obama became acting president : We have one president at a time, Mr. Obama is careful to say ... Mike Hussein Smith: That Frank Rich piece was great. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Barack Obama's crusade to show war hero rival he's tough Jul 26, 2008
Leftist columnist Frank Rich, writing in The New York Times recently, endorsed the animated robot Wall-E, star of the latest Pixar blockbuster, because he evoked the kind of patriotic ideals that neither Obama nor his rival John McCain can. No kidding. (The Australian)
Obama Watch: Democrats (Finally) Angry About Security Breach Jul 23, 2008
The list of voters registered in Washington state included former House Speaker Dennis Hastert, New York Times columnists Frank Rich and Tom Friedman, actress Katie Holmes and nonexistent people with nonsensical names such as Stormi Bays and Fruto Boy. The addresses used for the fake names were local homeless shelters. (Human Events Online)
LETTERS: NCT, July 20, 2008 Jul 21, 2008
"I'm noticing a bit of hyperbole our using public lands, by the left on this page, by the use of the word: "OUR."Kind of inferring "your's", and not "Our's" as in, many people making choices. It's kind of a selective "OUR'S", as I see it.Well, it's not YOUR's, it's "OUR's", meaning we have a say too.And since 76% of all Americans have said to Drill Here, and Drill Now. I think we have the edge here.And, also, 67% of Democrats {and that number is growing daily}, I think this is a streamroll.The... (North County Times)
LETTERS: NCT, June 23, 2008 Jun 24, 2008
" Chris to to Chris wrote on Jun 23, 2008 3:51 PM:First of all yes people have killed others since there were people. I noticed how you want to imply that the killing started with Mohamed. No the Crusades were not done in order to set back the muslims advances. If that were so then why did they not start in Spain. Don't try to tell me about how our military doesn't just go off and kill people. Our military from day one threw the geneva conventions into the trash. We saw how a marine deliberatly... (North County Times)
David Horowitz: Democrats Are Party of Defeat Jun 10, 2008
I think that the book that Ben Johnson and I [wrote] is really the first straight-out, point-by-point case that refutes the entire left-wing case against the war and exposes the [New York Times columnist] Frank Riches and the [Newsweek journalist] Michael Isikoffs and all the people whove written about the war for the phonies they are. As we point out in the book, the arguments that, for example Michael Isikoff and David Corn [Washington editor of The Nation magazine] and a whole library of... (Newsmax)
Kiss and Tell Jun 3, 2008
Frank Rich, in The New York Times, all but bites himself in two trying to flog McClellan's book for some revealing tidbits but is finally forced to admit that there aren't any. "There is no news in his book," Rich laments, "hardly the first to charge that the White House used propaganda to sell its war. ... (T)he tale of how the White House ginned up the war is an old story." So Rich settles for contending that "the big new news is how ferocious a hold this familiar tale still exerts on the... (Townhall.com)
McCains McClellan Nightmare Jun 1, 2008
Op-Ed Columnist - McCain s McClellan Nightmare - Op-Ed - NYTimes. McCains McClellan Nightmare. (New York Times)
Stopping Parkerization May 24, 2008
It used to be said that New York Times theater critic Frank Rich could send a production into Chapter 11 with a single disparaging review, but the butcher of Broadway couldn't hold a glass of Nebbiolo to Parker. A soaring review from Parker and his Wine Advocate is the equivalent of landing your novel on Oprah's book club, and because of that, many vignerons - at least since the 1980s - conspicuously style their wines in the hope of pleasing Parker's palette. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
My Frank Rich Bitch May 23, 2008
Which brings us to New York Times Frank Rich ... Serve me my Frank Rich uncut, or not at all. (Slate)
HBO signs Rich deal with NY Times columnist May 22, 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - HBO has enlisted New York Times columnist Frank Rich as a creative consultant. While remaining at his day job, Rich will contribute to the network's original programming development, and could become a producer on any projects he helps shepherd. (Reuters)
America: A White-Minority Nation? May 9, 2008
In the May 4 New York Times, columnist Frank Rich asserts that "Anyone who does the math knows that America is on track to become a white-minority nation in three to four decades." ... In the May 4 New York Times, columnist Frank Rich asserts that "Anyone who does the math knows that America is on track to become a white-minority nation in three to four decades.". (Townhall.com)
Michael Moore, Frank Rich, Jeremiah Wright and John Hagee May 6, 2008
"I'm a white guy. And I think I've got to tell you something. If you were black in this country, especially if you are of his age, of his era or even times before that or even kids today, when you look at the situation in our inner city schools, I mean, you have to ask yourself, Larry, what's it like to be black in America? And what kind of rage would you feel? And if you did feel that rage, what kind of things would you say that, at times, would be outrageous, crazy even, because you've had to... (Townhall.com)
Outing Travis Childers’s Secret Affair With Barack Obama May 6, 2008
So people like Frank Rich and other simple minded people need to educate themselves, read a Hagee book and then try to honestly give the same argument. It's impossible. (Human Events Online)
Clinton attacks Obama on guns... May 5, 2008
Ben Smith's Blog - Politico. Receive Daily Updates. (The Drudge Report)
Selling the president's general May 2, 2008
In the ensuing months, as New York Times columnist Frank Rich pointed out, the surging Brand Petraeus campaign only gained traction as the president publicly cited the general more than 150 times, 53 times in May 2007 alone. Never has a president put on the "face" of a general more regularly. (Asia Times Online)
Topical films failing at box office Apr 18, 2008
Frank Rich in the New York Times helpfully pointed out that we don't have to wait until April 25 "to know its fate. ... 'Standard Operating Procedure' will reach the director's avid audience, but it is likely to be avoided by most everyone else no matter what praise or controversy it whips up.". Morris' distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, certainly knows that even with an Oscar win, Alex Gibney's doc "Taxi to the Dark Side" was unable to lure many moviegoers. (Variety)
Did Obama Just Pivot? Apr 17, 2008
" ... 9:53 A.M.___________________________Much is being made of Hillary Clinton's seemingly friendly interaction with conservative Pennsylvania newspaper owner--and Vast Right Wing Conspiracy funder--Richard Mellon Scaife. (See, e.g., But Lewinsky trivia experts will remember that in April, 1998, [** see correction below] at the height of the Clinton sex scandal, Scaife actually appeared at a formal White House dinner where he also interacted pleasantly with the Clintons. The event was designed... (Slate)
The Soiling of Old Glory Apr 10, 2008
Walter Sipser was in that picture Frank Rich wrote about. Here's what he thinks of Rich's column. (Slate)
Where'd All the Clinton Money Go? Apr 8, 2008
Frank Rich at the time that Scaife was a "double agent for the left .". 1:40 P.M.. (Slate)
The Real Frank Rich ... Mar 31, 2008
- By Mickey Kaus - Slate Magazine. Morekausfilescolumns. (Slate)
Britney Aces Cameo Mar 26, 2008
Carter was hosting the New York Times Frank Rich and his writer-wife, Alex Witchel. Introductions were made all around, but Witchel did not recall meeting Miss Collins previously. (Fox News)
'Sweeney' creator speaks at UCLA Mar 18, 2008
Stephen Sondheim sits down with Frank Rich ... The co-creator of modern musical classics including "Gypsy," now previewing in its latest Broadway revival, and "Sweeney Todd," which just arrived at the Ahmanson, opined on his career and the state of the art with the New York Times' Frank Rich in UCLA's Royce Hall on Thursday night. (Variety)
Hey, Kool-Aid Mar 9, 2008
And there's Clinton Kool-Aid, too -- according to Obama voters (and columnist Frank Rich, who recently told New York Times readers that Hillary's strategists, early in the campaign, had been swilling the stuff). Accusations of Kool-Aid intoxication aren't limited to Democratic campaign rhetoric. (Boston Globe)
Spare us high-class Manhattan with this 'Wife' Mar 6, 2008
Lest we forget she is married to The New York Times columnist, the dedication reads "For Frank Rich, the indispensable husband." No mere "Frank," he ... Mrs. Frank Rich belongs to the swankiest set in the most important city in the world. (USA Today -- Life)
Playhouse players get “Crazy for You” Mar 5, 2008
When the musical comedy debuted in 1992, New York Times Critic Frank Rich toasted it as a riotously entertaining show that would revive the musical on Broadway. It uncorked the American musical's classic blend of music, laughter, dancing, sentiment and showmanship with a freshness and confidence rarely seen during the Cats' decade, he wrote, adding that it reclaims the Gershwins' standards in all their glorious youth. (Wood River Journal, ID)
The double standard Mar 3, 2008
Patrick Healy of The New York Times dubbed it the "Clinton Cackle," Frank Rich of the Times called it "calculating," and pundit Dick Morris called Clinton's laugh "loud, inappropriate, and mirthless. . . . A scary sound that was somewhere between a cackle and a screech.". And then there was Hillary's cleavage. (Boston Globe)
Kennedy Center honors words of August Wilson Mar 3, 2008
Other recent homages to Wilson include The August Wilson Century Cycle, a 10-volume collection of plays with forewords by Toni Morrison, Tony Kushner, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Rich and others; and a trio of plays produced by off-Broadway's Signature Theatre Company in 2006 and 2007. "I sort of get upset when folks try to marginalize (Wilson's) contributions as that of an African-American writer," Leon says. (USA Today)
Predicts 'Nasty' & 'Vicious' GOP Attacks on Obama Feb 29, 2008
The New York Times jumped on a talk radio host for saying Barack Obama's middle name three times -- but the Times' own columnists, Maureen Dowd and Frank Rich, have used it as well ... " Is that what's coming? NORAH O'DONNELL: There are some Republicans and some conservatives who want it to be that fight. Who will try and disparage Barack Obama, trying to paint him as a Muslim. He is not a Muslim he is a Christian and as someone who is anti-Israel. They are tying him to Louis Farrakhan today,... (MediaResearch.org)
Michael Tomasky Jan 28, 2008
And with Bill having raised millions of dollars for his library from undisclosed donors - some of whom would surely have business with the federal government, as Frank Rich noted in his Sunday New York Times column - these explorations are likely to mount over the next 10 days. It leaves me very curious not only as to how Hillary Clinton will address her husband's role in the coming days, but how Obama will as well. (Guardian Unlimited)
--Exclusive WND.Commentary-- Jan 17, 2008
New York Times columnist Frank Rich says Romney "is trying to sell himself as a leader," but he "is actually a follower and a panderer, as confirmed by his flip-flops on nearly every issue." ... Rich has continued to hyperventilate over "populist" charmer Huckabee even after it came to light that Huckabee had called homosexuality an "abomination." Normally, any aspersions on sodomy or any favorable mentions of Christianity would lead to at least a dozen hysterical columns by Frank Rich. (WorldNetDaily)
Weekend Punditry On the Race for White House Jan 13, 2008
Frank Rich, in his Sunday column for The New York Times. Every politician employs pollsters, but Mrs. Clinton, tellingly, has one, Mark Penn, as her top campaign strategist. (MediaWeek.com)
Edward Albee, Josh Brolin, Ruby Dee and Sidney Lumet Added to The New York Times Arts and Leisure Week January 7 - 13 Dec 29, 2007
The roster of participants also includes Tony Award-winning actors Philip Bosco and Frances Sternhagen and Circle in the Square producer Theodore Mann with Patricia Cohen, culture reporter; news anchor and best-selling author Tom Brokaw with Rick Berke, assistant managing editor for news; award-winning author Bob Drogin, former chairman of the National Intelligence Council and deputy director of the CIA John Gannon, and president emeritus and board senior fellow of the Council on Foreign... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
MITT TEARS ON 'MEET'... Dec 17, 2007
Latter-Day Republicans vs. the Church of Oprah By Frank Rich. Location: BYRON, BYRON Party: Democrat. (The Drudge Report)
20 comments Dec 11, 2007
That is the problem when the only men you get along with are the metrosexuals, like your fellow columnists Paul Krugman, Bob Herbert or Frank Rich, or the rubber kinds associated with a pair of batteries. Hehe. (Human Events Online)
Hal Wastes His Wages Bush's legacy of goofs Dec 8, 2007
It was a particularly difficult time for hard-hitting* columnists like Maureen Dowd, Frank Rich and me (*see my April 10, 2007 exclusive that lit the match on America's barroom flatulence - where were Rich or Dowd on that scoop. . (Hoboken Reporter, NJ)
Why bother with Latin?; Predicting the mess in Iraq; Gaza as top priority Dec 6, 2007
Now that "Obama's prescient Iraq speech of 2002" ("Who's afraid of Barack Obama?" by Frank Rich, Views, Dec. 3) is finally recognized as such, it is about time that the American press acknowledges the level-headed diplomatic role of France, illustrated by former foreign minister Dominique de Villepin's famous speech at the United Nations denouncing the U.S. march to war. Reread it - it's all in there, and much more clearly put than in Barack Obama's rather weak speech. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Synagogue celebrates restoration Dec 4, 2007
New York Times columnist Frank Rich, the keynote speaker, said America's greatness lies in its ability to integrate people from diverse backgrounds. The ugly nativist animus that once hounded the immigrants of the Lower East Side and elsewhere, Jewish and Irish and Italian and Asian alike, is reappearing in our public life, Rich said. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
The New York Times Expands Arts & Leisure Weekend to Seven Days; Arts & Leisure Week 2008 Will Take Place January 7 - 13 at the New TimesCenter Dec 1, 2007
This year, headliners include Tony Award-winning actors Philip Bosco and Frances Sternhagen and Circle in the Square producer Theodore Mann, with Patricia Cohen, culture reporter; news anchor and best-selling author Tom Brokaw, with Rick Berke, assistant managing editor for news; former music director of the Metropolitan Opera and current music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra James Levine, with Anthony Tommasini, chief music critic; AMCs Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner with... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Waiting For Imus Nov 30, 2007
What about Imus' favorite triumvirate at The New York Times--Mo Dowd, Frank Rich, Tom Friedman. Will they return to the fold. (Forbes)
At Peace with Pax Americana Nov 28, 2007
Sure, Naomi Wolfe, Frank Rich and other leftists believe that the imperialistic war on terror has turned America into a police state. But if they were right, they wouldn't be allowed to say that. (Townhall.com)
Street: Democrats See Progress Nov 28, 2007
If Mr. Bush actually does make a strike against Iran, liberal Sunday New York Times columnist Frank Rich notes, Mrs ... And if Hillary is the Democratic nominee in 2008, Rich adds, a fear- and war-mongering Republican will once again square off against a Democratic opponent who was for a preemptive war before being against it (Frank Rich 2007. (Zmag.org)
Osama’s Man in America Nov 20, 2007
Think about yourself as al-Qaeda s own Frank Rich. Also obtain a credit card and do some shopping for me. (The American Conservative)
Street: Establishment Politics Nov 19, 2007
The dramatic and dangerous over-escalation of stock prices could have been stemmed with elementary regulatory measures the Clinton administration refused to undertake because of its allegiance to reactionary prescriptions against government intervention in the workings of the supposed "free market (Pollin 2003, pp. 3-88). And never mind the Clinton administrations imposition of economic sanctions that killed more than a million on the grounds that Saddam was developing nuclear and... (Zmag.org)
Traboulsi: Iraq Partition? Nov 2, 2007
In the United States much of the criticism of the Iraq war, whether from the left or from the right, is focused on the mismanagement and corruption that "has been at the center of the entire mission, from war-waging to nation-building" (Frank Rich, NY Times, Week in Review, October 21, 2007). Only a small part of the criticism, and only from the left, is seriously questioning the fundamental interests driving American intervention in Iraq and the Middle East in general. (Zmag.org)
Book set mostly does justice to August Wilson's cycle Oct 31, 2007
They include four playwrights (Romulus Linney, Tony Kushner, Ishmael Reed and Suzan-Lori Parks), two actors (Phylicia Rashad and Laurence Fishburne), two critics (Frank Rich and Samuel G. Freedman, both of The New York Times), a director (Marion McClinton) and a novelist (Toni Morrison). The biggest disappointment is Morrison's piece on "The Piano Lesson," marginally pompous with very little to say. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
War protests: Why no coverage? Oct 30, 2007
With prescient irony, Frank Rich wrote in his Oct. 14 Times column, "We can continue to blame the Bush administration for the horrors of Iraq. But we must also examine our own responsibility." And, he goes on to suggest, we must examine our own silence. So why would Mr. Rich's news colleagues deprive people of information needed to take exactly that responsibility. (Christian Science Monitor)
Street: Animal Farm At Home Oct 25, 2007
But it has never apologized for its continuing role in advancing the equally ludicrous U.S. claim (dramatically escalated once most Americans realized that Saddams WMD were White House fiction) to have invaded Iraq to promote democracy beyond U.S. shores Three sections down from the articles mentioned at the beginning of this commentary, in fact, regular Sunday Times columnist Frank Rich criticized Pentagon corruption because it has routinely betrayed the very values of... (Zmag.org)
Clinton Hits Turbulence Oct 2, 2007
In the same issue of the Times, columnist Frank Rich ponderedwhether she is too cautious and contrived in a piece headlined, Is Hillary Clinton the New Old Al Gore. On the facing page, columnist Maureen Dowd argued that, Without nepotism, Hillary would be running for the president of Vassar. (CBS News)
Sinking in the Rising Tide Sep 26, 2007
It seems as though Paul Krugman (who, by way of full disclosure has attacked me twice this year in his columns) and Frank Rich have gone from respected commentators to reliable Democratic-base rousers. The problem is that these blog functions are done better by actual blogs. (Human Events Online)
Joe Klein: Why Drudge is a Disgrace... Sep 19, 2007
" You won't ever find me browsing through the left-wing-maniacs-who-are-trying-to-turn-the-US-into-Cuba MoveOn site. Posted by Tony VSeptember 19, 2007 Dear Klein, Kos, Libs, and the rest of you on this thread. DRUDGE HAS MORE LOYAL FANS THAN ALL OF YOU COMBINED, AND NOTHING YOU DO WILL CHANGE THAT. The reason? You idiots stereotype everyone in the midwest as "knuckledgraggers in flyover country," and still think they'll vote your way? You stereotype the middle class of this country (whom you... (The Drudge Report)
Bigotry's cheerful enablers Aug 27, 2007
IT'S STILL uncertain when or where shock-jock Don Imus will return to the airwaves, now that he has settled his suit with CBS. But a more interesting question is this: When Imus does come back, will distinguished American media personages such as Frank Rich, Doris Kearns Goodwin, and Tom Brokaw continue to show up on his show, lending him respectability and cover for his racist, misogynistic, and gay-baiting rants. The willingness of apparently decent people, some of them liberal icons, to serve... (Boston Globe)
