[neverdem]

Brooks and Bill Safire, who was a Nixon speechwriter, are the Times' two token conservatives, neither of which are the fire breathing kind, but they're both smart.

[mlocher]

thanks for setting me straight on brooks. as i said, he seemed level headed, which should have automatically ruled out having me think of him as a liberal

[sevry]

Brooks and Bill Safire, who was a Nixon speechwriter, are the Times' two token conservatives

Brooks isn't always wrong. But he's often wrong. Remember, this is the guy Lehrer and Shields actually feel comfortable facing as a conservative. He's ALWAYS nervous on the program. That tells you something.