[KC_Conspirator]

Novak is also full of $hit and increasingly irrelavant. I used to think he had alot of insight. For a guy that displays the typical "inside the Beltway" thinking, he sure is pretty g-ddamned uninformed. So he's upset that he does'nt know the govnernment war plans? Good, he's a blabbermouth anyway. Furthermore, Novak was neighbors and went to church with Robert Jensen, the FBI spy, for years. If he had no idea (he wrote a column about how surprised he was) that an FBI agent lived well above his means while spying for Russia right under his nose, than how the hell can I trust him to make good judgements on other matters?

[quidnunc]

Some political columnists consider themselves not just commentators but players as well.

Friedman at the NY Times is notorious in this respect.