Words fail me in describing what went on yesterday at Nancy Nall's blog -- http://nancynall.com/2008/02/29/copycat/#comments -- and i'm both proud and saddened to have played a small constructive role in the whole bizarre thing (see the last couple days before "Copycat" to see how this came about). The "resignation" is now front of the Nytimes.com and WashingtonPost.com, but will soon fade. The puzzle of why someone would do something so stupidly public and easily catchable will linger.

Anyhow, i'm sure we've all helped set a Nancy Nall record in the comment box: 278 when last i looked. This was truly a team effort led by a sharp journalist who happens to have a regular blog . . . or is that a regular blogger who happens to be a sharp journalist?