This piece by Linda Greenhouse is very good news. Translated from NYT code, Greenhouse basically says, “This is about the best we can hope for. At least he’s moderate enough that he might someday ‘grow’ like O’Connor did.” With a take like that from the top legal analyst at the Times, it’s going to be very hard to “Bork” Roberts. Having said that, the striking thing about this piece is the scarcely concealed bias against Scalia and Thomas. It’s no news to say that the New York Times is a liberal paper. Even so, such obvious antagonism to conservatives, on such a crucial and closely scrutinized issue, is worth pointing out. The Times now matters more for what it says to fellow Democrats than for what it says to the country.