When John Tierney was named a columnist at the New York Times back in March, I yawned. First, it’s the paper that gave Nytol its name. More conducive to my indifference, though, were the hosannas Tierney’s appointment drew from the likes of Virginia Postrel, Reason, and neolibertarian central. Hurrah, I thought, another wonker obsessed, at best, with tweaking Social Security or, at worst, with eradicating “Islamofascism.” Glenn Reynolds’ enthusiasm did nothing to soften my prejudice.
Then came this article, which hinted at better things. Then this.
Postrel, Reynolds, and co. appear not to have read it.