Charles Krauthammer and Thomas Sowell.

Mark Steyn.

Hmm. I guess that makes me right wing. I must have lost my mind (try it, it's very freeing).

Christopher Hitchens because, as a left-centrist, who esle have I got?

Seriously, I like Hitch because he seems to identify himself with another leftist from the past, George Orwell (see Hitch's book on Orwell). I think Hitch admires Orwell because Orwell walked the walk and talked the talk by shouldering a rifle and fighting the fascists in Spain.

Unlike my Democratic friends, I belive this is the right war, in the right place, at the right time. And yesterday's Iraq Survey Group report only confirms that.

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Hmm. I guess that makes me right wing. I must have lost my mind (try it, it's very freeing).

No, I'm center-right and like Mark Steyn too. I just have about 35 answers under the other thread, and they are all right-wing. When I write up my summary I like to crack jokes about the nominations so ... I'd like some ideological diversity in my targets.

Paul Krugman (big surprise, right?). Thomas Friedman is a distant second.

I have to give props to David Brooks, who while obviously Conservative has not lost the ability to think rationally, rather than relying on "I'm right, you're wrong" rhetoric.

Walter Williams.

OK, here's one liberal response:

Fareed Zakaria

I can't think of any other mainstream columnist who comes even close to sincerely (rather than for the sake of political correctness) combining liberal humanist internationalism and cultural open-mindedness with conservative pragmatism to produce such excellent insight on foreign policy issues. He's the best of both worlds. No hint of either Michael Moore or Michael Savage. More like if George Will and Paul Krugman had a kid who went to Harvard on an ROTC scholarship.

I love Fareed. I think that he's been too hard on the Pres at times, other times dead on, but he's an honest broker, and one of the most brilliant men writing today.

i used to think myself a leftist, but not in the last 3 years or so. centrist is where i consider myself right now, although there are other words that i might like better than that...

as far as columnists go, it`s a tie between steyn`s wit and VDH`s tutorials...

jeez; i forgot hitchens!!! forget the other two; hitch is the man!

Lileks. Does he count?

Here’s one libertarian/centrist chiming in. I can’t find ANY syndicated folks that I like these days. Things have gotten too predictably polarized or corporately sanitized.

Since the explosion of the web, and especially blogs (present company most definitely included), I have almost completely stopped reading syndicated folks. I think I can do a better job sorting through the issues on my own now.

Just a thought, but if present trends continue, the syndicated columnist may soon become something of an anachronism.

I'm not sure where I fall along the spectrum; I am pretty conservative and would prefer that government were significantly limited -- to issues of defense, security, and judicial arbitration, with a lean framework for providing basic education and interstate and international commerce and transportation. libertarian leaning, I guess.

I know, it's sort of wishful thinking amid the juggernaut of legislative achievement that is requisite to success among modern American politicians, but that's what you get when you have a permanent sitting legislature -- there's no need to keep your day job, but there's every necessity to justify your time in office with some sort of legislative activity.

my belief that less government is better is probably based on my view of the 20th century's greatest conflicts and source of misery stemming from increasing government bureaucracy, which tended to become by degrees socialism and then fascism, either in fact or in practice. for example, I don't think the American presidency was ever meant to be the power pole it has become.

so make of that what you will. I read a wide variety of columnists, Sowell, Walter Williams, Jonah Goldberg, George Will, Debra Saunders and many others. but it is Paul Greenberg that I appreciate most, I think for his breadth and insight, and his low-key Will Rogers sort of style. he talks politics, but I think he sees it through a lens of time and culture.

i don't pay enough attention to the talking heads, though i guess i should. howard kurtz has recently emerged as someone i respect.

Christopher Hitchens.

And Fred Kaplan.

And George Will for some balance after reading Fred.

Max Boot and Hitch.

Oh yeah, and the obligatory VDH.

so..... why are you asking, Bill?

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