Congratulations, Betsy Newmark.

There must be some very smart people at Examiner.com. They’ve just hired Raleigh teacher, Mom, and blogger Betsy Newmark to write a regular op-ed column for them.

Way to go, Examiner. You’ve hired a great one.

There are a lot of us here in North Carolina who believe if Betsy could have gotten to Ted Kennedy, Jesse Jackson, and the Dixie Chicks early enough things just might have - well, you know.

Betsy’s first Examiner column is here. She wants to do away with college commencement addresses.

Gee, if that happens, where will liberal media and Hollywood celebs go in May and June to pick up an easy 30 or 40 thousand dollars for a twenty minute Bush-basher?

Have you thought about that, Betsy?

Anyway, congratulations.