While Looking for Something Else

I went to Working for Change to link to the non-subscription Tom Tomorrow cartoon this week. It nicely sums up the kind of pathetic group-think that forces such drivel as Slate's "Kerryisms" upon us. Speaking of Slate, though, the main page at WFC links to a Tim Noah article whose title leapt out at me: Draft Ehrenreich. The subheading is "The summer replacement series we can't afford to lose."

No shit.

Barbara Ehrenreich is one of my favorite contemporary writers, and these two New York Times op-eds further my opinion. It looks like they've hired her to as a temporary substitute for Tom Friedman, which, if you ask me, is like hiring Kevin Garnett as a temporary replacement for Shawn Bradley. Noah even suggests that the Times could even move Dowd or Kristof to the news side of the bench if they insist on keeping Tom (of whom I know nothing regarding any straight journalism he may or may not have ever done) on the payroll.

Barbara Ehrenreich would effectively counter David Brooks--on the one hand you'd have someone from the left who is articulate, intelligent, and capable of hitting devastating blows that NEVER come out looking mean-spirited. On the other side, you've got--well, I hear that a lot of folks think Brooks is a pretty nice guy, even if his writing brings a whole new meaning to the term "lazy."

If you have any time, check out the op-eds noted above. They're well worth the small investment in time. Go Ehrenreich!