Three out of 30 Wash Post op-ed writers are female.

[Captain Hilts]

Their recent hires have been Kathleen Parker, a conservative; Bill Kristol, a conservative; and Michael Gerson, GWB's former speechwriter.

Here's the list:

Joel Achenbach
**Anne Applebaum
David S. Broder
Jonathan Capehart
Richard Cohen
Jackson Diehl
E.J. Dionne Jr.
Marc Fisher
Dan Froomkin
Michael Gerson
Fred Hiatt
Jim Hoagland
David Ignatius
Robert Kagan
Al Kamen
Colbert I. King
Michael Kinsley
Charles Krauthammer
William Kristol
Sebastian Mallaby
**Ruth Marcus
Harold Meyerson
Dana Milbank
Courtland Milloy
**Kathleen Parker
Steven Pearlstein
Eugene Robinson
Robert J. Samuelson
George F. Will
Fareed Zakaria

[MADem]

1. Gee, it sounds like a list of old mostly European Catholics, Protestants and Jews--and Fareed.

A lot of testosterone, a splash of color.

Where's the Garcias, Riveras, and Rodriguezes? Where are the Chans, Wings and Hayakawas? A last name doesn't always reveal ethnicity (Ask Bill Richardson and Gary Locke) but you'd think they'd widen the perspective a bit.

No wonder they have so little to say. They're only talking to well under half the audience.

[Captain Hilts]

2. Exactamundo. I cancelled my subscription when they hired Gerson. nt