Perhaps this is more proof of a cunning, leftist NYT master plot? Bringing in a conservative who will demonstrate that conservatives have little interesting to say?

—James Fallows, regarding Bill Kristol’s new gig at the New York Times. Of course, it’s also possible that neo-con asshats like Kristol hold the Times with such contempt that he didn’t bother to even proofread the pap that normally whips his illiterate readership into such a fervor. Either way, it’s depressing to see his name muddying up the Times. [via John Gruber]