Bill Kristol is out; Ross Douthat is in. George Packer of the New Yorker muses on what it all means, and speculates as to what sort of columnist Douthat will be.
Packer's prognosis: better, at least, then most of those other clowns on the NYT's editorial page. As he rightly notes, most of the Grey Lady's columnists have lapsed into self-parody. Week in, week out, it's always the same. Allow me to offer a one-sentence summary of each writer:
Thomas Friedman: America needs to be more competitive and needs to use more green power.
Maureen Dowd: I watched a movie this week that really reminded me how much I hate George W. Bush.
Frank Rich: I watched a movie this week that really reminded me how much I hate Republicans in general.
David Brooks: Barack Obama is trying to do too much, too quickly; also, I really like Edmund Burke.
Paul Krugman: Barack Obama is not doing enough, and not doing it fast enough; also, I really like John Maynard Keynes.
Nicholas Kristof: Bad things are happening in Africa, and you should be concerned about it.
Bob Herbert: Bad things are happening in America, and you should be concerned about it.
Gail Collins: Who?
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