BILL KRISTOL AND THE N. Y. TIMES

Clark Hoyt, Times public editor, wrote an
article on 1/13/o8 headlined "He May Be
Unwelcome, But We'll Survive". Let me
try to take your hubris down a peg.

Is it the goal of America's Paper of Rec-
ord to survive? Surely, there are more
salubrious objectives for the vaunted
Grey Lady. e. g. its economic health,
its communal leadership. And so on.

The 1/13 piece quotes the publisher
as seeking an opinion in line with the
"conservative republican movement".
Mr. Hoyt, Bill Kristol does not rep-
resent a conservative republican
movement. He belongs, votes, hawks,
and represents the neo-conservative
party line. There is a cataclysmic
difference between those two con-
servative concepts and barring a
discordant drive one would expect
the leadership of the Times to dis-
cern that difference.

Again, quoting the Publisher. "He'-
"ll strengthen the discussion".
.Kristol's input into any discussion
is so far afield of reason, of depth,
of thought as to be embarrassing.
His predictions? bewilderingly il-
logical.

Many people in the industry excuse
Mr. Kristol's sappy deliveries saying
he is only playing to the shock value.
HAH!