Where there's a Will, there's a way

I've given so much grief to the SJ-R over their opinion page I thought I should point out that it was finally looking more balanced last Friday.

They kept Ted Rall, who wrote a column supporting wounded troops, and Ann Coulter, who was looking for anyone to blame for the mess at Walter Reed besides the Republicans who ignored the problem during their last six years in power. Personally, I'm pretty disgusted by any politician who claims to "support the troops" by lying to them about why they're going into battle and then forgetting them when they get home. George Bush deserves to be impeached if for no other reason than they way he has treated our soldiers.

Anyway, Michelle Maulkin must be taking the week off because Bob Herbert and Nicholas Kristof are on the opinion page this week instead. I haven't heard of them before but their columns were pretty good and after a quick google search it looks like they're more liberal than conservative.

So, the usual 2 to 1 conservative bias was reversed Friday. I think the Ann Coulter debate will end up being worthwhile if it results in other positive changes to balance their selection of columnists. I have to admit that I'm paying more attention to all of their columns than I ever have in the past.

Will this be a long term change? It's hard to tell. The Sunday page again included conservatives Novak, Will, and a corporate appeal from the CEO of Ameren. Garrison Keillor must have taken the week off so there were no moderate or liberal columns Sunday.