Friday, May 04, 2007
Balance is The Key. Yeah, That's It -- Balance...
The NY Times has revised its op-ed columnist schedule to accommodate the return of Gail Collins:
201k is psyched, to use the technical term, that Gail Collins is coming back; she was always one of our favorite columnists. But the new schedule reflects an acceptance of mediocrity at best, and a determined watering-down of reality at worst. It's as if the paper that brought you Judith "It's True Because Ahmed Told Me So Over Cocktails Last Night" Miller wasn't so much removing her mindset -- finally -- as institutionalizing it on the Sunday page.
Here's what we think the schedule should be:
Paul Krugman & Frank Rich: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. We'll call those days "Truth Days."
Gail Collins & Bob Herbert: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. The "Insight Days."
Maureen Dowd: Saturday. That will be "Let's Blame Everyone But Bush So I'll Still Get Invited To Kennebunkport" Day. Just for a little light reading.
David L. Brooks & Thomas L. Friedman: Tuesday. "Unintentionally Comedic Talking-Point Rationalization Day" aka "Sorry About All Your Dead Kids, But Really, It Was A Good Idea" Day.
Nicholas D. Kristof: Arbor Day.
- A Note to Readers: Change to Columnist Schedule
Starting Sunday, May 6, the Op-Ed columnists will appear on the following schedule.
David L. Brooks: Tuesday, Friday
Gail Collins: Thursday, Saturday
Maureen Dowd: Sunday, Wednesday
Thomas L. Friedman: Sunday, Wednesday
Bob Herbert: Tuesday, Saturday
Nicholas D. Kristof: Monday, Thursday
Paul Krugman: Monday, Friday
Frank Rich: Sunday
201k is psyched, to use the technical term, that Gail Collins is coming back; she was always one of our favorite columnists. But the new schedule reflects an acceptance of mediocrity at best, and a determined watering-down of reality at worst. It's as if the paper that brought you Judith "It's True Because Ahmed Told Me So Over Cocktails Last Night" Miller wasn't so much removing her mindset -- finally -- as institutionalizing it on the Sunday page.
Here's what we think the schedule should be:
Paul Krugman & Frank Rich: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. We'll call those days "Truth Days."
Gail Collins & Bob Herbert: Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. The "Insight Days."
Maureen Dowd: Saturday. That will be "Let's Blame Everyone But Bush So I'll Still Get Invited To Kennebunkport" Day. Just for a little light reading.
David L. Brooks & Thomas L. Friedman: Tuesday. "Unintentionally Comedic Talking-Point Rationalization Day" aka "Sorry About All Your Dead Kids, But Really, It Was A Good Idea" Day.
Nicholas D. Kristof: Arbor Day.
