Nuke it from orbit

You want to save these guys? Are you crazy?

I like Jonathan Chait a lot more than most other lefty soreheads do. No, really. He’s an elegant writer and I think his heart’s in the right place.

But whether it’s on principle or the result of long years trying to reason with people like Andrew Sullivan, Chait is addicted to trimming and bothsidesing — so much so that, even now that he seems to have tu…