Michiko and Big Bill

Erik Boehlert takes a swat at Michiko Kakutani and her brutal front page review of Clinton's My Life.

But, mainly, Boehlert goes after the Times' institutional dislike for all things Clinton. In particular, the Times' horrendous bosom-heaving reporting of the pseudo-scandal known as Whitewater. The Times, to put it gently, got it completely wrong and fell prey to Starr's leaking machine and the lies dressed up as news of the Arkansas connection of Mellon-Scaife.

The Times has done an admirable job of investigating the paper's failings, such as the nastiness that led to Wen Ho Lee spending months in solitary confinement and the 1001 nights of Jayson Blair. But they've never so much as run a correction for the lies they reported regarding Whitewater, a failed investment in which the Clintons netted a cool negative $40 grand.

Of course, Clinton's come just in time. It takes the Times' eye off Kerry for a day or two. And not a moment too soon.

Oh, wait, I spoke too soon; the headline writers got the memo -- take a shot at Kerry every chance you get, even if the story under the headline doesn't even mention Kerry.