Today’s Washington Examiner is a must-read. The editorial pages publish a brutal exchange between Susan Estrich and Michael Kinsley, as well as some withering commentary from Charlotte Allen.

The story begins on Valentine’s Day, when Estrich sent a hysterical screed on “fighting blatant sex discrimination at The Los Angeles Times” (where Kinsley is now an editor) to a group of her email buddies. In an exclusive to the Examiner, Kinsley fires back. And Allen, an LAT contributor who is also a target of Estrich’s wrath, unloads as well. (The Examiner excerpts from Allen’s blog at the Independent Women’s Forum.)

This is fun stuff, not least because Estrich comes off looking so ridiculous.