What the Hell?

by tristero

Frank Rich left the NY Times Sunday op-ed pages a few weeks ago. He was one of the rare voices in the mainstream media raised consistently, and early, against the bizarre behavior of the Republican party and their loopy ideas. He had his faults as a pundit – and Somerby can tell you all about them if you search The Howler – but even so, his columns were on my must-read list for Sunday morning. Since he wrote once a week rather than twice weekly, like the other columnists, Rich’s column was twice the length. When he was on a roll, it was comforting to read a lengthy column by someone who saw things so clearly, and with such intellighent outrage.

With Rich now gone, the Times has filled that double column on their highly influential Sunday op-ed page with even better trenchant, hard-hitting, and substantive analyses of the political state of the nation.

I’m kidding, of course. Here’s what the Times ran this Sunday in Rich’s place: a paean to baby strollers in New York City.

Jeebus.