This is to placate the snowflakes who dropped their subscriptions when the one writer posted a story questioning the science.
A quick back story: that writer (Brett Stevens) is new to the
NY Times. In fact that piece was his very first story for the paper since coming over from the
Wall Street Journal.
To long time readers of the
Journal, Stevens was somewhat of an institution. He not only had the ability to assemble very logical arguments with skill but was considered to have a very conservative viewpoint by readers. It came as quite a shock to long time subscribers to learn that he left the paper. They very much looked forward to his opinion pieces.
But to discover he went to work for the
NY Times raised more than just a few eyebrows.
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The plot thickens when you consider that writer Peggy Noonan has been placed front and center by the
Journal. She is known among my conservative friends as one who's opinions blow with the wind and should be slapped once a week just on general principles. Not exactly the type of writer one would expect to be given star status at a very conservative paper. I've heard comments such as, "What, did George Soros go out and buy the
Wall Street Journal?
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Normally, a writer leaving one publication for another would not be considered anything significant. I find these developments very significant.
