Bloodless Coup

The Would-Be New York Times

First Barbara Ehrenreich, now Dahlia Lithwick. As many other bloggers have noted, it's a real shame that The New York Times doesn't force Tom Friedman to stay on vacation (and send Dowd and Safire to some undisclosed location with him). His substitutes are writing the kind of thoughtful prose about important issues that one wishes was on the op-ed page of that once-august paper on a regular basis.