Such sophistry from The Paper of Record. Honest headlines might be: House Declines to Let The Patriot Act Expire as Planned or House Votes to Extend the Patri

Such sophistry from The Paper of Record. Honest headlines might be: House Declines to Let The Patriot Act Expire as Planned or House Votes to Extend the Patriot Act...Again or House Votes to Extend the Patriot Act, Attempts to Curtail Worse Excesses Here's a hint, NYT. When Milton Friedman said "Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program," he was being critical not descriptive.