Why is it that after reading this column, I couldn’t shake the image of an exhausted Rich Lowry, panting atop a freshly thrashed pile of straw, furtively glancing around to see if anyone was watching?

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.