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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 12:57 PM

    So much for the Post

    I've read the Post in recent years only because of Dan Froomkin's columns. These have been a true breath of fresh air in the fetid miasma of the neocon swamp that has become the Post Op-Ed page. Without Froomkin, there's no reason for me to continue to visit the Post site. Bye.

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