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2 Conservatives Columnists Out At 'Time'

New York Observer, Thursday, December 20, 2007 11:30 AM

Two conservative columnists have been dumped from Time magazine, with both William Kristol and Charles out the door next month. But the mag is hardly turning left: Insiders say it is in talks with National Review editor and author of "The Party of Death: The Democrats, the Media, the Courts, and the Disregard for Human Life," Ramesh Ponnuru. He has already written twice for Time in the last month.

The reasons for the firings of Krauthammer and Kristol, both of whom stridently back the unpopular war in Iraq, are unclear. "I was very happy to work with them," says Krauthammer. A Time spokeswoman would not give any reasons, either, while Kristol had nothing to say. In March, managing editor Richard Stengel redesigned Time, putting columnists front-and-center.

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