The New York Times' public editor, Clark Hoyt, has called the controversial hiring of William Kristol as an op-ed columnist a "mistake."

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003695900

Good call - I'm all for opposing points of view, but that William Kristol is pure BS and has a sordid history.  They should replace him with someone who can provide an additional objective, devoted-to-reason perspective from a conservative angle.