The Hard Life Of The Vanity Fair Columnist

Hey, Wolcott's free to trade his column-space for mine; I at least get to write pretty much whatever the fuck I want. Also:

I think the Bushies are now too deep into the crackup stage to attempt and enforce a crackdown on opinion. The very vehemence of Hanson's report is a sign of impotent frustration.

The suggests a political programme for the opposition: Make the administration something ordinary people laugh at. No number of fake interviews with Sean Hannity can help you once you've become an object of ridicule (ask Harriet Miers).