Kate Zernike's Blog, page 27

Between Journalist and Advocate: The Amanda Knox Case

In the Italian court's decision to free Amanda Knox, Nina Burleigh has seemed at times to move from journalist to advocate, treading a dangerous line.

A Tea Party Darling's Offer on Social Security

The conservative writer Friedrich Hayek, a favorite of libertarians, was encouraged to apply for Social Security by a prominent libertarian financier, Charles Koch.

A Circuitous Route to a Celebration of the U.S. Constitution

In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved a resolution for Constitution Week to begin on Sept 17.

Constitution Has Its Day Amid a Struggle for Its Spirit

The struggle over Constitution Day is yet another proxy in the fight over the proper role of government.

A Different View of Palin

Just as Palinologists and politicos are awaiting Sarah Palin's imminent (or so she says) decision on whether she will run for president, a new biography of her makes lurid accusations that have filtered out to media outlets now that the book has begun circulating. The book, ''The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,'' is by her former next-door neighbor - or rather, by Joe McGinniss, the best-selling but controversial author who moved into the house next door to the Palins in 2010 to rese...

Tea Party Groups Plan Protest at Romney Speech

Many Tea Party supporters have been less than enthusiastic about the prospect of Mitt Romney becoming the Republican nominee for president in 2012, but now that antipathy is becoming louder. Several Tea Party groups in the early primary state of New Hampshire are planning to protest outside a Romney speech on Sunday. They will be joined by FreedomWorks, the libertarian advocacy group that has helped Tea Party groups to grow across the country and that on Wednesday dismissed Mr. Romney as a ''po...

Tea Party Groups to Protest Romney in N.H.

Mitt Romney's candidacy has exposed divisions within the Tea Party, especially in New Hampshire, where some groups plan to protest his speech in Concord on Sunday.

Poll Shows Negative View of Tea Party Is on the Rise

Little more than a year ago, most Americans did not know enough about the Tea Party to have an opinion. Now, more people have opinions, and they are hardly positive. The percentage of people with an unfavorable view of the Tea Party in a New York Times/CBS News Poll this week was higher than it has been since the first time the question was asked, in April 2010. Forty percent of those polled this week characterized their view as ''not favorable,'' compared with 18 percent in the first poll.

Poll Shows Negative View of Tea Party on the Rise

Forty percent of respondents expressed an unfavorable opinion toward the movement.

That Monolithic Tea Party Just Wasn't There

Many people who identify themselves as Tea Party supporters said the debt crisis was not their first concern.