The American Spectator

p> Who’s Your Ombuddy? (posted 7/28/03 2:33 a.m.) br> For sometime now the new regime at the New York Times has been urged to hire an ombudsman. What’s stopping them? An extra echo chamber can’t hurt. Look at how the Washington Post ‘s ombudsman Michael Getler serves his masters. His Sunday report saw him officially sign on to his paper’s ongoing efforts to help Democrats create a scandal out of the administration’s Iraq policy. “How about a call for public hearings to investigate these issues,” one reader asked Getler. He didn’t note that such a question is official DNC policy. Instead he called on the press to find new ways to advance the story. Who’ll ombud the ombudsman? /p> p> Caught in the Act (posted 7/28/03 2:33 a.m.) br> How does it feel, Bob Dylan used to ask. Now certain Democratic senators know. They are angry that defenders of such conservative Bush judicial nominees as William Pryor are accusing them in an ad campaign of anti-Catholic bias. In fact, they’re personally offended, which suggests the charge is sticking.