AFTER SAFIRE: I meant to link to this earlier, but Jack Shafer of Slate wrote extensively back in December about some possible replacements for William Safire on The New York Times Op-Ed page. His nominees are Heather Mac Donald ("flings cats into the temple of liberalism from her sinecure at the Manhattan Institute, a conservative-libertarian stink tank"), Alex Kozinski ("It's a tragedy that in a nation of immigrants, we don't have a Times columnist with a funny accent who lives in Los Angeles"), Steve Chapman ("a polymath, a creative policy wonk, a tap-dancing writer, a true son of liberty, a failed Christian, a knucklehead when it comes to the Novak case, and a Great American (for a Texan)"), and even George W. Bush's cousin, John Ellis ("an inside-politics guy, something that the op-ed page will lack when Safire leaves").
| Author/ Affiliation |
Title/ Date |
words | PI | Partisan References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Coulter Universal Press Syndicate |
The little Injun that could 11 February 2005 |
1451 | 100 | 7D-,1R+ If Ward: Howard Dean, Democratic National Committee Churchill already: John Kerry Come to: Hillary, Al Sharpton Churchill's claim: John Kerry In addition: John Kerry In 1990,: Ben Nighthorse Campbell |
| Mona Charen Creators Syndicate |
Iran: The next Nicaragua? 11 February 2005 |
844 | 100 | 5R+ President Bush's: President Bush And like: Rick Santorum, Reagan President Bush: President Bush, Reagan |
| E. J. Dionne Jr. Washington Post |
Holes in a Web of Budget Deceit 11 February 2005 |
934 | 95 | 1D=,19R- Let us: Bush administration More than: President Bush, the president The president's: The president, administration, administration What's particularly: administration, Bush, administration Oh, yes,: administration As one: Bush, Bush, Bush Are those: Bush, Democrat, Bush Personally, those: Bush And at: the president Every commentator: president The budget: The president |
| Paul Krugman New York Times |
Bush's Class-War Budget 11 February 2005 |
906 | 72 | 1D+,1D=,1R+,13R-,2R= Bush's Class-War: Bush It may: President Bush, Democrats And the: administration, the first President George Bush It so: Bush The question: Bush Until now,: administration But here: Bush Until now,: administration, Bush Why shouldn't: Bush Here's a: Bush On the: Bush Democrats have: Democrats, Bush administration, Bush, Bush |
| David Ignatius Inactive |
Bush's Clark Kent 11 February 2005 |
1020 | |
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| Bob Herbert Inactive |
Torture, American Style 11 February 2005 |
826 | |
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| Charles Krauthammer Washington Post |
Why the Palestinians Came to the Table 11 February 2005 |
851 | 0 | |
| Daniel Henninger WSJ OpinionJournal |
Give Iraq's Voters 11 February 2005 |
1101 | 0 |