[orangelobster]

"What in the hell is up with Mark Halperin? Ten years ago, I enjoyed his columns on the editorial page of the Wall St. Journal"

This ABC Mark Halperin is a different guy than the Wall Street Journal's Mark Helprin. Helprin is a smart guy and shouldn't be confused with this ABC hack. Here is info. on Helprin.

http://www.claremont.org/about/staff/helprin.html#articles

[Mia T]

yes, you are correct. Mark Helprin.

[Tom D.]

Thanks guys. I was afraid that a good guy had gone over to the dark side.