I like him too.
I admire Hitchens and Friedman post 9/11. Sorry about that. They've been more consistently on point than anyone else.
Marc Cooper is good for keeping up with what's left of the Left debate.
Michael Ledeen is fucking nuts and a criminal, but a talented columnist, who veers between complete shit (like his latest on the death of the Left which is sloppy, to put it kindly) but also, sometimes, spelling out uncomfortable truths.
To read the extremes of US political discouse you've got to read The Nation, New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Commentary, National Review and the Weekly Standard. All of them.
I'd stick up for Johann Hari. I think he's good. I hate him, because he's a year younger than me, and does everything I'd like to do. But he is, I think, a genuine and honourable young Leftist voice in the mainstream. I think it's stupid to discount that out of hand. So big up Hari, the fucking bastard.
And I don't understand why Aaronovich is so reviled. There we are, I said it.