My vote for worst columnist: Al Neuharth of USA Today. Don’t get me wrong: I’m no fan of the Dowd-Krugman-Rich troika at the New York Times, or of any number of other left-wing columnists. But as infuriating as they can be, they are capable of making sharp points in clever ways and they have loyal followings among actual people who hold similar views. Neuharth, however, may be the dimmest bulb with a perch on an editorial page anywhere. He is a columnist because he is the “founder” of USA Today. But his writing is lousy, his thinking is third rate, and his Bush-is-a-liar politics are obnoxious. His is an utter embarrassment to the newspaper he helped build.