Meet milquetoast Bezos factotum David Shipley

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Killed political cartoon:  Ann Telnaes

Headline:  New York Times, 1/3/2025

Who does he think he's kidding?

David Shipley, The Post’s opinions editor, said in a statement that he respected Ms. Telnaes and all she had given to The Post “but must disagree with her interpretation of events." 

“Not every editorial judgment is a reflection of a malign force,” Mr. Shipley said in the statement. “My decision was guided by the fact that we had just published a column on the same topic as the cartoon and had already scheduled another column — this one a satire — for publication. The only bias was against repetition.”

According to Merriam-Webster, the first-known use of 'milquetoast', as in timid, meek, or unassertive, occurred in 1931.  

Other coinages from the same year include:

1. aha moment
2. hoo-ha
3. nitwittery
4. okey dokey
5. shellacking