LA TIMES EDITORIAL PAGE UPDATE….Win one, lose one. Adding Jon Chait to the op-ed page was a good idea, but this week we learn about the latest addition to the Times’ stable: Margaret Carlson.

Sigh. And her first column is every bit as vapid as you’d expect.

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