john yoo's new gig

Have you heard? Bush administration "torture memo" author John Yoo has a new gig writing a monthly column for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Don't know why anyone would give print space to this guy, or what the Inquirer hopes to gain from Yoo's presence on the op-ed page... but I guess desperate times call for desperate measures: The Philadelphia Inquirer and John Yoo.

Of course, giving an op-ed voice to the guy who gave the legal green light on the abusive interrogation of terror suspects does not sit well with a lot of people out there: Yoo Can't Be Serious. But here's the rationale, according to Philadelphia Inquirer editorial page editor Harold Jackson: Why I Hired John Yoo.