The single most worthy recipient of a Pulitzer this year is Michael Yon (with fellow Middle East blogger Michael Totten a close second). Yon's reporting from Iraq is so superior to anything being done in the mainstream media that those other reporters should hang their heads and go home. But Yon doesn't work for a newspaper, he survives instead on donations from readers, so he probably isn't even eligible.
By the same token, the Pulitzer for commentary will probably go to some codger at the Detroit Free Press, when it should probably go to someone who is actually clever, influential and widely read, like Mickey Kaus at Slate.com.
Mike should've run the column three days ago. It's would've made more sense...
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