I’m not saying it wasn’t entertaining, but did Joel Stein really just spend an entire column detailing the many ways in which Maureen Dowd doesn’t like him? It’s one thing to be charmingly self-referential, but he’s ascending to levels of solipsism embarrassing enough to make a blogger blush.

Ezra Klein is a former Prospect writer and current editor-in-chief at Vox. His work has appeared in the LA Times, The Guardian, The Washington Monthly, The New Republic, Slate, and The Columbia Journalism Review. He’s been a commentator on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and more.