No, Maureen Dowd is not necessary

Skippy (of Bush Kangaroo fame) has a good post on the necessity (or, rather, non-necessity) of Maureen Dowd. Like Skippy, I wonder why she’s an op-ed columnist at arguably the most important newspaper in the world. I’ve previously written about her, unfavourably, here and here. (I’ve given her a chance time and time again, but, aside from a few moments of witty perspicacity, I just don’t find much to like anymore.)



Here’s a little game: Whom would you remove from the Times‘s current op-ed line-up? And with whom would you replace them?



One of my center-right readers at The Reaction suggested Kevin Drum or Matt Yglesias as a replacement for Dowd (or one of the other liberals, excepting Krugman). Good suggestions.