Tim Noah is right — newspaper editorials are worthless:

Almost every editorial I’ve ever read in my life has fallen into one of two categories: boring or irresponsible. Most are boring, because, in addition to the length problem, the opinions expressed in the editorials are usually either arrived at by committee, or arrived at by an individual writer or editor who has internalized the views of that committee, real or imagined. Whenever that happens, the end product can’t avoid being bland.

I have to admit I never, ever read the editorial page for this exact reason. I still think newspaper editorial boards can be a powerful voice on certain issues that are locally relevant or concern the newspaper itself. And in that case, let’s have editorials. Hell, put them on the front page like they used to do back in the old days. But the rest of the time, I’m with Noah — it’s time to abolish a staid format that outlived its usefulness decades ago.