RT favorite,  Openleft poster,  author,  syndicated columnist, and all around good guy David Sirota appeared in the print edition of the D&C over the weekend.  I’ll be damned if I can find an obvious link on the opinion page to ANY syndicated columnists, but a little search and here is the column.  Here’s the deal…

David Sirota wrote a column that was published on September 20th in the D&C.  We were pleasantly surprised and appreciative - a voice of fresh air.  James Lawrence wrote a couple of blog posts announcing that the D&C was considering picking up Sirota as a new columnist.  Lawrence said

We used him for the first time because his point of view was something different, well argued and well written.

I said - it was huuuuuge and asked people to ask Mr Lawrence  to add Sirota.  James Lawrence added another post, commenting on the comments, as another Sirota column was published.  Guess what?  Sirota actually responded to on-line comments as he has in the current column.

All that was end of September, early October, so, did I miss some big announcement?  Did it get swept up in election work and coverage?  Or has a decision even been made and the third time’s a charm?

I suppose only Editorial page editor James Lawrence’s hairdresser knows for sure.

Come on Jim, how about an announcement and adding some obvious links to all the syndicated columnists which hopefully will include David Sirota?

Meanwhile Sirota asks, “Which would you support?”:

According to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, the first bill’s spending provisions cost $100 billion annually and its tax and budget-cutting provisions recoup $111 billion annually, thus reducing total federal expenditures by $11 billion each year. The second bill proposes $636 billion in annual spending and recoups nothing. Over 10 years, the first bill would spend $1 trillion and recover $1.11 trillion — a fantastic return on taxpayer investment. Meanwhile, the second bill puts us on a path to spend $6.3 trillion in the same time.

Save $110 billion, or spend $6.3 trillion? If you’re explicitly claiming the mantle of fiscal prudence, this should be a no-brainer: You support the first bill and oppose the second one.

Related posts:

1. David Sirota in the D&C as a regular syndicated columnist
2. The D&C is considering adding David Sirota as a columnist
3. David Sirota’s Column in the D&C
4. Sirota is back in the D&C - This time the topic is Afghanistan.
5. Wasteful spending and inconvenient outrage