Good morning, City Desk readers, and welcome to another Freedom Friday!
Theory: Mainstream political reporters are to Sen. Ted Kennedy what Sports Illustrated's Peter King is to Brett Favre. Kennedy wasn't just any old senator–he was a monolith, a model, a(n) [insert ejaculatory praise here]; Favre, despite his retirement shenanigans, isn't just any old quarterback–he's the [...]

Good morning, City Desk readers, and welcome to an especially morose edition of Freedom Friday. The Bulletin in Philadelphia, the first real paper I wrote for, has closed. It was an odd place, what with the publisher's preference for syndicating only the brightest intellectual stars of conservatism: "Chuck Norris, Oliver North and Patrick J. Buchanan." [...]