“Sam’s Club” Republican Ross Douthat has been tapped to replace evil neocon genius Bill Kristol on the New York Times op-ed page. I enjoy Douthat’s writing, which is generally thoughtful, and he has an interesting perspective as a conservative who seems genuinely concerned with addressing economic insecurity and inequality. Predictably, he’s a virtual heretic among many “movement” conservatives.

I have to say, though, I feel pretty much the same about the NYT op-ed page as I do about cable news shows: I realize it’s influential, but my general policy is to totally ignore it.