IRA STOLL: The New York Times’ Hypocrisy on Tax Loopholes: The paper goes after Ronald S. Lauder for the sins of the Sulzbergers. “What’s really galling, though, is that in nearly every instance, the ‘tax avoidance techniques’ and other supposed sins for which the Times mauls Mr. Lauder are also engaged in by the family that owns the New York Times. . . . If the Times wants to start campaigning for tax reform that would simplify the tax code, I’d be first in line, maybe second behind Ronald Lauder. But what this story seems to be about is not that, but rather an effort to single out Mr. Lauder alone, out of all the high-net-worth individuals in the entire country, for negative scrutiny. He doesn’t deserve it any more than the family that owns the New York Times does.”