I sent the following letter to the New York Times today – not intended for publication, but simply to express my views.
Dear Editors,
You MUST hire Sarah Vowell as a full-time op-ed columnist. Each of her guest columns has been wonderful, and wouldn’t it be great to add another woman to the mix? (She could even replace John Tierney, whose problem is not his political views but the fact that he is boring.)
Do what you have to, but please bring on Sarah Vowell permanently!
Thanks,
[me]
I’d never read her before her guest columns started appearing in the Times last week, but she’s fantastic and original. Love her.
Agreed. She needs her own regular gig. I’ve read “Take the Cannoli” and “The Partly Cloudy Patriot,” but still need to get around to “Assassination Vacation.”
I like her, too. And in her photo, she looks like a mean smart girl. I bet she was a Goth in high school and probably was even until very recently. We’ll know for sure if her next article is titled “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.”
I’m currently reading “Assassination Vacation”. She’s got a way with words, that’s for sure. :)
Plus, she’s Violet Parr in The Incredibles!
Too funny. I did the same thing. If you ever get the chance to hear her read live, it’s a must see event. Very fun.
Listen to some of her work on This American Life. I fell in love with her when I heard her on the episode “Music Lessons.”
I saw her promote assasination vacation on Letterman. She tours graves of famous people who were assasinated. She’s hysterical. She does need her own show.
Better to replace Dowd with Vowell, since Dowd is wildly inconsistent, and at least you’d be replacing a liberal woman with a liberal woman. Dowd could continue to submit columns and they could be published whenever they happen to contain a coherent, logical single train of thought.
Dump Tierney on his own merits, or lack thereof. And Brooks, too. This is what passes for conservative intellectualism these days? Surely they can find better.