OMG O’Rourke is one of the greatest ever, right up there with Steyn and Lileks. In retrospect, it’s hard imagine him getting published in that fishwrap.
I think at one time, RS wanted to be a little more impartial. Now with hack writing foul mouthed punks like Matt Taibbi or whatever his name is, the paper is now a far left slick version of the Berkeley Barb.