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Barbara Ehrenreich

• July 15 -- Bill Maher, Groupthink Victim
The "Bill-Maher-Was-Fired-for-Saying-Terrorists-Weren't-Cowards" myth, once again.

• July 1 -- Michael Moore, "Genuine Son of the U.S. Working Class."
Socialist Barbara Ehrenreich's debut NYT column features Michael Moore: "But no one can miss the fact that he's a genuine son of the U.S. working class--of a Flint autoworker, in fact--because it's built right into his 'branding,' along with flannel shirts and baseball caps…an invulnerable target for the customary assault weapon of the right." Ehrenreich may have been suckered by Moore's populist shtick, but less starry-eyed writers have long seen through it.

• June 30 -- Come Back, Tom Friedman: All's Forgiven
The Times has found a substitute for columnist Thomas Friedman, who's taking a sabbatical. Editorial page editor Gail Collins calls Barbara Ehrenreich a "brilliant social critic, historian and political commentator." Collins forgot to mention "and zealous socialist."