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From Pulitzer Prize winner Maureen Dowd. Somerby has a history of the haircut wars, featuring the 'WaPo's own Pulitzer Prize-winning airhead Robin Givhan, and airhead who probably hasn't won a.
You know what's worse than giving op-ed space to people who write empty-headed fluff about things vaguely related to politics? Giving op-ed space to people who explain how they write.