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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.

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  • Thursday, June 18, 2009 01:07 PM

    Travesty

    That is just a travesty. I was just thinking (literally this morning) that with Klein and Froomkin, the Post had two of the best talents writing on politics and policy. Froomkin was the only reason I kept the shortcut to the WaPo on my "toolbar" for the last many years.

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