David Broder has accepted a buyout from the Washington Post. Before you think he will retire with dignity and allow thoughtful, reasoned political commentary to prevail once more, note: he will remain as a contract employee.
As Broder told Politico
The column you have been running will not change at all, and you will continue to receive it from The Washington Post Writers Group. I will continue to write from the same office in the Post newsroom and will continue to travel the country to wherever politics is happening. You will find me at the Democratic and Republican conventions this summer and on the campaign trail this fall, just as I have been this winter and spring.
It will not change at all. And he will be permitted to continue. One can only hope that the WaPo will put it at the bottom of the syndication list they send out and replace him with something rational.