The Washington Post outdid itself last week in the dog-bites-man department, trumpeting one of those yawn-inducing nonevents that have come to be hyped in the age of the Trump resistance. Here’s the ballyhooed breaking news item: A long-time EPA employee is retiring. Yes, that’s the story. Elizabeth Southerland, after a 30-year career at the Environmental Protection Agency, is retiring from her $250,000-a-year job. She’ll now be eligible for government retirement benefits.
“68-year old bureaucrat retires” rivals “worthwhile Canadian initiative” in the boring headline sweepstakes. But, give her some credit, Southerland made her routine retirement a significant national event. How? You guessed it—by blasting Donald Trump. So now it’s big news.
