When Andrew Rosenthal fell to earth in New Delhi, 1956,

he was a rather ugly child.

Fifty-two years later, he still is.

Greg Sargent whinnied when he saw that his TPM post about

Maureen Dowd had prompted New York Times editorial-page

editor Andrew Rosenthal to say, "It’s driving me out of my

fucking mind!"

"We have views on our Op-Ed page," writes Andrew Rosenthal,

"that are as hawkish or more so than Bill Kristol's. Take the

views of Swainson Hawke, for instance."

"We are thrilled to add Bill Kristol’s distinctive voice to our

Op-Ed page,” said Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor

of the New York Times. "He is a captivating writer, a keen

observer of the political landscape, and an even better

speller than I was in the third grade."