Nonsense on Conflicts of Interest in Public Pension Case

The NYT's reporting on the finances of public pensions has been extremely partisan, giving extensive coverage to those who want to exaggerate the funds' liabilities (e.g. here and here). It continued in this vein today when it made a big issue of an alleged conflict of interest of a Rhode Island judge in a case involving Rhode Island's pension systems.

The alleged conflict is that the judge has several close relatives including her mother and son, who would potentially be affected by cuts to...