There are days when journalists drive me crazy with lazy analysis, even lazier reading, dumb, hackneyed commentaries and an inexplicable hatred of all things modern and bloggy (bitter old sports journalists populate this category almost exclusively). So I have a lot of time for writers like Wells and Coyne, who even when I don't agree with them at least are able to string together a coherent reading (wait...are at least able to demonstrate comprehension of things they've read) of the situations, events, phenomena and people they're writing about and, miracles, even things that are not directly connected, but play on the things they write about.
But, I also have time for journalists like Aaron Wherry (it only seems like I'm pimping all staff writers of MacLean's, I swear...I really do think that their education section sucks *sigh*) who doesn't tend toward the high level, meta-analysis, big picture stuff. You know why I like journalists like him? Because he just hands over the rope and let's people go to town.
