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Thursday, June 18, 2009 12:00 AM

The Washington Post fires its best columnist. Why?

One of the rarest media commodities -- someone who criticizes Democrats "from the Left" -- just got rarer still.
Glenn Greenwald

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  • Thursday, June 18, 2009 01:02 PM

    Serious People

    So people who err on the side of killing a whole bunch of people for no good reason (or are simply bloodthirsty ghouls like Krauthammer) are serious journalists.

    And people who offer thoughtful analysis are unemployed.

    —get real Read get real's other letters

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