As NRO readers know, our own Warren Bell has been nominated for a seat on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. It was, perhaps, to be expected that his nomination would be vigorously opposed by liberals, primarily, one imagines, for the crime of contributing to The Corner. But the reason given for potential opposition by Sen. Barbara Boxer is almost too rich for words. “Based on what we know right now, this nominee doesn’t appear to have the credentials and background one would expect for this position,” she tells The Los Angeles Times. Warren — whom I don’t know, by the way, except for e-mails — is the executive producer of a long-running network television program. He is the “show runner,” which means that he is the boss and manager of a staff of writers, directors, actors and crew that create 22 episodes of his show, “According to Jim,” every year. That’s 11 hours of broadcast television. To claim that a person who does that for a living doesn’t have “the credentials and background” to serve on a federally funded corporation board dedicated to the creation of television programs is to say something so utterly, blitheringly stupid that one wonders if the Botox has at last entered Boxer’s brain and simply frozen it solid.