Big nostalgia factor for me. I used to get the paper each morning and immediately see if he had written a column.
Same here. It was one of the few things that made those long, grueling bus rides bearable.
He was one of the few sports journalists who was a really good writer on his own merits (good enough he had a Sunday column in Style). His stuff was a lot funnier, more engaging, and more perceptive than anyone else I can think of off the bat.
Wilbon said in an interview that Kornheiser worries about his broadcast stuff being dumbed down and no longer having the chops to go back and write like he used to. Even so, he's eons better than the Jim Romes and Jay Mariottis of the world.
Agreed, on all accounts. I feel like there's a divide between commentators that act like Tucker Max, and actual journalists - like Wilbon and Kornheiser. What's odd is that I think Wilbon has gotten softer in his old age. I miss the more fiery and volatile Wilbon, despite the fact that some of his more poorly constructed arguments used to really irk me.
I just feel like Kornheiser likes being in front of the cameras, and being well liked, and is very hesitant to do
anything that would rock the boat. Yes, he's better than Mariotti or Rome, but is that really much of a compliment?
Also, it's a little painful watching the WaPo's slow death. On top of the obvious shrinkage, I caught several basic spelling/punctuation errors in two Thomas Boswell columns in a row. For some reason it makes me really sad to think that they must've canned the copy editors.
I was wondering about this, as I have also caught spelling errors in recent Post articles and columns. What I think is really noticeable is the lack of discernable talent; if people thought La Canfora was bad, now we're stuck with Reid.
Also, Boswell has become almost unreadable in his old age. I feel like every thing he writes nowadays is the editorial equivalent of "Get off my lawn!" or "Back in my day..."
