Those papers that carried leading articles about the rally either sought to explain the reasons for Islamist terrorism or widened the argument against it, as did columnists.
Q. Art Kraus: question about moderators – are there folks who just moderate comments across a variety of blog topics – or do columnists generally moderate their own columns – or are there both types?
Too seldom does a columnist unilaterally redefine the core principles of international relations.
Besides, how often does a columnist get Philip Larkin to write his kicker?
Does any columnist come close to the influence of Walter Lippmann in the 1950s, Joseph Alsop in the 1960s, James Reston in the 1970s, William Safire in the 1980s, and Thomas Friedman in the 1990s?
Does the columnist suppose that a country unable to find the patience for weeks (even months) of thinking could summon the stamina for years (even decades) of killing and dying?
So why does a columnist for a serious Israeli newspaper spout such nonsense on an issue which is central to Israel's long-term security?
So the original headline on this posting said columnist's columnist and should, of course, have read - as it does now - columnists' columnist.
The Sun agreed, offering to pay for Mr Qatada's one-way ticket, and so did a columnist in the Times (though Peter Oborne in the Daily Telegraph strongly backed the Strasbourg court).
So did popular columnist Raza Rumi who also had to flee his country.
