The best thing to come out of this Greatest Depression would be for the Washington Post to go out of business. It would truly be a “silver lining.” Because Dana Priest and the other few hot-ticket reporters could easily find new jobs at other out-of-business newspapers. And the major upside of the Post going out of business would be the total decimation of its editorial board and op-ed columnist stable. Fred Hiatt, Richard Cohen, Charles Krauthammer, George Will, David Broder. Imagine a media world in which these names no longer existed. They only exist now as a sort of institutionally-guarded trolling scheme, so why not BOMB the institution? VERY GOOD YES? Oh. Well, Charles Krauthammer wrote something stupid today. MORE »

Oh irony: the most math-averse candidate in the presidential race now needs the numbers on his side…and the numbers are pissed. MORE »