Safire to exit OpEd page early next year.
It’s not a day for criticism, I guess There were many good days in the past, no doubt. But in the last year the mendacity has just been overwhelming. There’s no other way to put it.
Who will replace him?
Hopefully, someone smart and outside the box. If I had my druthers I’d pick Chris Caldwell. But perhaps there are others I’m not thinking of. Who has other suggestions?
[ed. note: A number of emailers don’t seem to agree and/or realize this, though I could be wrong of course. But I’m assuming that Safire needs to be replaced by a conservative of some variety. A number of readers suggest Andrew Sullivan, which seems like an excellent idea. Still others suggest that I’m hopelessly behind the curve and that David Brooks is actually Safire’s replacement.]
