Ezra Klein's wife* has a gig at the Times?

Wow. Those Journolister's sure do have teh talent, eh? Can't just be connections and youthful good looks, can't be.

Behind Deficit Panel’s Failure, a Surprising Outcome
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM and ANNIE LOWREY

Really though? Was anyone surprised no deal got done, and re-election politics reigned supreme?

Oh, I get the spin now. Obama's failure might actually save us money. Those Beltway kidders... Something tells me, if she's anything like the hub? She's overly optimistic in what will be saved/cut, and not taking into account what it will cost the country, as the entitlement programs ramp up... (remember how he huffed and puffed and crowed mightily at the "success" of forcing Obamacare through? Poor lil fella ... who knew? Except of course, plenty.)

In other independent newspapering news,
we got a good issue out this week. Honest coverage, of all the local stories fit to print. And no nepotism needed.

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*At least the boy finally made an honest woman of her, eh? No more of this linking your lover's stories, then only acknowledging the relationship when called on it...


ADDED: That's so cute. She's a 20-something English lit from Harvard, covering business and economics at the Times. Thanks heavens for pillow talk from the boy with the political science BA from UCLA (transferring in from Santa Cruz).

While at UCLA, he applied to write for the Daily Bruin but was rejected

Heh. It's great to see the qualifications -- cute kids! -- guiding our economic analysis these days. Trust me... if you swallow this stuff, you deserve everything you've got coming.

"I used to have political aspirations," said Klein. "...in the sense of getting my name on a ballot and promising Iowans more ethanol subsidies than they could handle. But over time, I found that I enjoy writing far more. More to the point, I think that the creation of a media environment that can sustain and propel progressivism is more important than any single elected official. I'd trade a liberal O'Reilly (or Limbaugh!) for 5, 10 congressmen. The media is as effective and important an agent for change as the legislative bodies, and I think it's where I'm happiest and most effective."