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Dean Murphy

• November 9 -- What Can Save the Democrats Now?
Dean Murphy speculates on what it will take for the Democrats to regain power: "History suggests several possibilities for a major reshaping event -- a national calamity, a deep schism in the ruling party, the implosion of a social movement under the excesses of its own agenda or the emergence of an extraordinary political figure."

• November 4 -- California Dreaming of Stem Cell Success
Dean Murphy repeats the optimistic Democratic line on stem cell research -- but is it accurate?

• November 1 -- "Nail Biting" Angst at Bush Rallies
Dean Murphy uncovers tension in the Bush camp: "There is a good deal of nail biting going on at the mostly picture-perfect campaign rallies held for President Bush." He then ponders anti-press hostility at Bush rallies.

• August 18 -- "Alarming" Environmental Bias at the Times
A Dean Murphy story (with an alarmist headline, "Study Finds Climate Shift Threatens California") accepts as fact the theory of man-made global warming while pushing an "alarming" study from left-wing environmentalists.

• February 19 -- Double Standards On Civil Disobedience?
The Ten Commandments Judge vs. the Gay Marriage Mayor: Are there double standards on civil disobedience at the Times?

• September 29 -- California Needs Higher Taxes, Part 2
Dean Murphy is another Times reporter suggesting Schwarzenegger would have to raise taxes as governor, claiming the “state's formidable obstacles to raising taxes” have “tied [Gray] Davis's hands in keeping the state fiscally afloat. On the bright side: a Schwarzenegger win could mean a tax hike.

• September 26 -- Ashcroft, Bush, and the Beatniks
Dean Murphy visits San Francisco’s famous beatnik bookstore, City Lights, and invests the aging pre-hippie bohemians with dissident allure: “Yet in the era of George W. Bush and John Ashcroft, the dissident Beat voices are enjoying a renaissance of sorts….”