It's the sentence that rocked the media world today -- and the most significant thing ever to come out of a Bill Kristol column. There it was at the end of his column today: "This is William Kristol's last column."

Really? Just when it was getting really good. How could the Times do this? Does this mean we're going to be denied pearls of wisdom like:

"If [Hillary Clinton] gets a race against John Edwards and Barack Obama, she's going to be the nominee. Gore is the only threat to her, then. ... Barack Obama is not going to beat Hillary Clinton in a single Democratic primary. I'll predict that right now."

Actually, that was Kristol on Fox News, where no doubt he'll still appear. But how is the Times going to replace Kristol? How can they fill the space and still remain true to the wisdom and integrity that Kristol brought to the Times? Take the poll...